by Key Ministry | Feb 21, 2018 | Hope, Scripture, Special Needs Parenting
You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13 ESV As I was driving to my daughter’s school the other day, I realized how completely leveled a portion of our desert view had become. Dozens of large construction vehicles were...
by Key Ministry | Feb 7, 2018 | Autism, Challenges, Hope, Scripture, Special Needs Parenting
Did you know there’s an antidote to discouragement? And it works almost immediately, if we can only remember to pull it out of our spiritual tool kits and use it!What is it?Praise!Some of you may be thinking, Really? You don’t know what our family is...
by Key Ministry | Sep 13, 2017 | Living Life Daily, Scripture
Parenting may be one of the most rewarding jobs on earth, but it is also one of the most difficult. I am the mother of three sons. My youngest, Joel (32), has autism along with an anxiety disorder and severe kyphosis of the spine. Parenting a child with a disability...
by Sandra Peoples | Sep 4, 2017 | Challenges, Grief, Scripture, Special Needs Parenting
A couple years ago I sat across from a grief counselor as I shared how very angry I was at friends who weren’t supporting us through a traumatic event like I thought they should. It was especially tough since my husband is a pastor who showed up for the...
by Sandra Peoples | Dec 20, 2016 | Hope, Scripture, Special Needs Parenting
One of my favorite women from the the Christmas story is Elizabeth. Luke tells us Elizabeth and her husband Zechariah were “both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord. But they had no child, because Elizabeth...
by Key Ministry | Oct 3, 2016 | Scripture, Special Needs Parenting
We were dealing with serious meltdowns with our son Connor. He would go into a frenzy when he didn’t get his way, and we knew it wasn’t just a child acting out. It seemed like a stronghold in his life that we could not help him work through. I remember one time Connor...