Comments on: The Day I met An Angel http://scottishwarriors.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-day-i-met-an-angel/ Time for Reformation Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:03:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: appolus http://scottishwarriors.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-day-i-met-an-angel/#comment-69 appolus Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:21:47 +0000 http://scottishwarriors.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-day-i-met-an-angel/#comment-69 Kerri write "late to arrive at the front door of Christ’ love." I like that Kerri. Yes, we are surrounded by angels of differing sorts, if only the world had eyes to see :) God bless you Kerri, your doing a great job with Alex.........Frank Kerri write “late to arrive at the front door of Christ’ love.” I like that Kerri. Yes, we are surrounded by angels of differing sorts, if only the world had eyes to see :) God bless you Kerri, your doing a great job with Alex………Frank

]]> By: Keri Hollister http://scottishwarriors.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-day-i-met-an-angel/#comment-68 Keri Hollister Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:57:25 +0000 http://scottishwarriors.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-day-i-met-an-angel/#comment-68 Hi Frank, I finally got to read your blog and being of similiar backround, late to arrive at the front door of Christ' love, know that we were put in the presence of angels when God gave us our boys. I know this because if not for Alex, I would not know His glory or grace. I see the light you speak of in Daniel and have referred to Alex's smile in the same manner. We are the lucky ones, Frank. Even more so because we know it. God bless and thanks for gift of words. Keri (AKA-Alex's Mom) Hi Frank,
I finally got to read your blog and being of similiar backround, late to arrive at the front door of Christ’ love, know that we were put in the presence of angels when God gave us our boys. I know this because if not for Alex, I would not know His glory or grace. I see the light you speak of in Daniel and have referred to Alex’s smile in the same manner. We are the lucky ones, Frank. Even more so because we know it. God bless and thanks for gift of words. Keri (AKA-Alex’s Mom)

]]> By: appolus http://scottishwarriors.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-day-i-met-an-angel/#comment-64 appolus Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:01:19 +0000 http://scottishwarriors.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-day-i-met-an-angel/#comment-64 Hi Susan... I appreciate the comments. I am always amazed at the wisdom of God and how it runs absolutly counter to conventional wisdom. There is not a therapist in the world who would have looked at our situation 15 years ago, looking at two reasonably dysfuctional adults who came out of extremly dysfuctional backgrounds and say to themselves, "I know what these guys need, they need a Down Syndrome kid in their life." (Divorce among special needs kids parents run between 70 and 80%) Yet that is exactly what God did and since we yielded to His will for our lives, He revolutionized our lives in ways that we could never have imagined. To yield, to surrender to embrace and to "give thanks for everthing," is to magnify our Lord and to be changed........Frank Hi Susan… I appreciate the comments. I am always amazed at the wisdom of God and how it runs absolutly counter to conventional wisdom. There is not a therapist in the world who would have looked at our situation 15 years ago, looking at two reasonably dysfuctional adults who came out of extremly dysfuctional backgrounds and say to themselves, “I know what these guys need, they need a Down Syndrome kid in their life.” (Divorce among special needs kids parents run between 70 and 80%) Yet that is exactly what God did and since we yielded to His will for our lives, He revolutionized our lives in ways that we could never have imagined. To yield, to surrender to embrace and to “give thanks for everthing,” is to magnify our Lord and to be changed……..Frank

]]> By: faithwalk http://scottishwarriors.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-day-i-met-an-angel/#comment-62 faithwalk Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:32:17 +0000 http://scottishwarriors.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-day-i-met-an-angel/#comment-62 I am always blessed by your posts and emails that so clearly lift up the Lord and have an eternal, grace filled perspective. Thank you for blessing us with your testimonies Frank. We have known a few adult Downs kids, in fact there is a young man Carl who works where I do. He lives in a group home, comes to work every day on the bus and cleans the windows and tables and such. He has a great sense of humor; can't resist eating everyones candy when it's around :-), and is a joy to us all. He likes being independent and grown up and does very well as did our other friend several years back. Downs kids are special and your son is blessed to have been given parents who see and cherish him as the gift he truly is. May the Lord Jesus give you grace and strength as you raise your son for Him! Susan I am always blessed by your posts and emails that so clearly lift up the Lord and have an eternal, grace filled perspective. Thank you for blessing us with your testimonies Frank.

We have known a few adult Downs kids, in fact there is a young man Carl who works where I do. He lives in a group home, comes to work every day on the bus and cleans the windows and tables and such. He has a great sense of humor; can’t resist eating everyones candy when it’s around :-) , and is a joy to us all.

He likes being independent and grown up and does very well as did our other friend several years back. Downs kids are special and your son is blessed to have been given parents who see and cherish him as the gift he truly is.

May the Lord Jesus give you grace and strength as you raise your son for Him!

Susan

]]> By: appolus http://scottishwarriors.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-day-i-met-an-angel/#comment-54 appolus Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:12:15 +0000 http://scottishwarriors.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-day-i-met-an-angel/#comment-54 Thanks Micey, yes He is good :) Thanks Micey, yes He is good :)

]]> By: appolus http://scottishwarriors.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-day-i-met-an-angel/#comment-53 appolus Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:09:43 +0000 http://scottishwarriors.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-day-i-met-an-angel/#comment-53 Hi Sandra...You are absolutely correct about the Doctors needing educated. Our local tv channel , just last week, ran a story on this particular subject. Very sadly about 90% of all children in the womb who test positive for Down Syndrome are aborted. Of course one of the driving forces behind better and better testing to identify Down Syndrome kids in the womb are insurance companies. The reason is obvious. I believe the average birth costs about $6000. When my son Daniel was born fifteen years ago, he had racked up a bill in the first year of about $80,000 due to other illnesses. The ignorance on this subject is quite scary. Someone on the prayer chain of my church recently asked for prayer for a couple that had received the sad news that their unborn baby may perhaps be Down Syndrome. I pointed out the fact that Down Syndrome is not a disease and that I could make a strong argument that these kids are angels of light, sent to show a cynical world that there are deeper aspects to life than "looking good," and getting a well paid job. My son is peaceful and contented and is a lover. He has no hatred, is not racial, is not violent. When was the last time you heard a crazed Down Syndrome person murder someone ? :) Or rape someone? Or step on someones fingers as they ascended the corporate ladder? Maybe we could all do with an extra Chromosome ? :) There is a confused group of people in the Bible being ushered into heaven and they ask "Lord when did we do all these things?" And the Lord says to them "When you did it to the least of them, you did it to me." The least of them in this example is the most vulnarable in society, those who need protected, those who do not have a voice. Society can be judged on how they protect and bless "the least of them." The move towards eradicating Down Syndrome people is a measurement of the superficiality of our society. We look back and rightly are horrified at Hitler for killing millions of innocent people, including mentally handicapped people. Yet modern day society is moving towards the eradication of everything that is not "perfect," or "normal." It will be societies loss. Hi Sandra…You are absolutely correct about the Doctors needing educated. Our local tv channel , just last week, ran a story on this particular subject. Very sadly about 90% of all children in the womb who test positive for Down Syndrome are aborted. Of course one of the driving forces behind better and better testing to identify Down Syndrome kids in the womb are insurance companies. The reason is obvious. I believe the average birth costs about $6000. When my son Daniel was born fifteen years ago, he had racked up a bill in the first year of about $80,000 due to other illnesses. The ignorance on this subject is quite scary. Someone on the prayer chain of my church recently asked for prayer for a couple that had received the sad news that their unborn baby may perhaps be Down Syndrome. I pointed out the fact that Down Syndrome is not a disease and that I could make a strong argument that these kids are angels of light, sent to show a cynical world that there are deeper aspects to life than “looking good,” and getting a well paid job. My son is peaceful and contented and is a lover. He has no hatred, is not racial, is not violent. When was the last time you heard a crazed Down Syndrome person murder someone ? :) Or rape someone? Or step on someones fingers as they ascended the corporate ladder? Maybe we could all do with an extra Chromosome ? :) There is a confused group of people in the Bible being ushered into heaven and they ask “Lord when did we do all these things?” And the Lord says to them “When you did it to the least of them, you did it to me.” The least of them in this example is the most vulnarable in society, those who need protected, those who do not have a voice. Society can be judged on how they protect and bless “the least of them.” The move towards eradicating Down Syndrome people is a measurement of the superficiality of our society. We look back and rightly are horrified at Hitler for killing millions of innocent people, including mentally handicapped people. Yet modern day society is moving towards the eradication of everything that is not “perfect,” or “normal.” It will be societies loss.

]]> By: micey http://scottishwarriors.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-day-i-met-an-angel/#comment-50 micey Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:23:22 +0000 http://scottishwarriors.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-day-i-met-an-angel/#comment-50 what a powerful testimony! thanks for sharing it and praise God He is so good! :) what a powerful testimony! thanks for sharing it and praise God He is so good! :)

]]> By: Donna http://scottishwarriors.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-day-i-met-an-angel/#comment-37 Donna Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:35:30 +0000 http://scottishwarriors.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-day-i-met-an-angel/#comment-37 I don't know how to send these links concerning autism directly to timbob, so I post them here in case they may be of some help. (I am not related in any way to these people.) http://www.bodyecology.com/autism.php http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLP0Ijo2CK4&feature=related I don’t know how to send these links concerning autism directly to timbob, so I post them here in case they may be of some help. (I am not related in any way to these people.)

http://www.bodyecology.com/autism.php

]]> By: appolus http://scottishwarriors.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-day-i-met-an-angel/#comment-29 appolus Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:48:42 +0000 http://scottishwarriors.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-day-i-met-an-angel/#comment-29 Hi Joann. That makes a lot of sense. I am sure your parents would be very happy to see how much fun he is having and to see how independant he is. Daniel is fifteen and is quite independant himself. I have a strange feeling he is going to want to do something similiar. I am not sure people would understand , people who do not have special needs kids, that this would actually be the hard choice for us. There is not the same letting go and relasing with special needs kids as there is with "regular," kids. Thanks for your comments and thank you for looking after your brother. My wife and I are comforted to know that Daniel has a big brother(24) who would look after him too and do what is best for him. If that is in a sheltered facility, then praise God. So as an older parent(we are in our forties) I thank you Joann on behalf of your parents for being loving and kind and for looking our for your brother, what a blessing..........Frank Hi Joann. That makes a lot of sense. I am sure your parents would be very happy to see how much fun he is having and to see how independant he is.

Daniel is fifteen and is quite independant himself. I have a strange feeling he is going to want to do something similiar. I am not sure people would understand , people who do not have special needs kids, that this would actually be the hard choice for us.

There is not the same letting go and relasing with special needs kids as there is with “regular,” kids. Thanks for your comments and thank you for looking after your brother. My wife and I are comforted to know that Daniel has a big brother(24) who would look after him too and do what is best for him. If that is in a sheltered facility, then praise God. So as an older parent(we are in our forties) I thank you Joann on behalf of your parents for being loving and kind and for looking our for your brother, what a blessing……….Frank

]]> By: joannmski http://scottishwarriors.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-day-i-met-an-angel/#comment-28 joannmski Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:36:02 +0000 http://scottishwarriors.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-day-i-met-an-angel/#comment-28 Hi there Frank. God bless you and your family! I am so glad that you were able to enter into the joy of your son's life. As to your question, I do think that my brother Jerry is happier living in a group home than at my parents'. My parents both died in their 50s. He lived at home until he was 21, then came and lived with me. At the age of about 24 he moved to a group home, and it has been great for him. I guess it's sort of like moving off to a college dorm. You love your parents, and your family, but going off to live in a fraternity (though sheltered, with supervision) is sure fun. Hi there Frank. God bless you and your family! I am so glad that you were able to enter into the joy of your son’s life. As to your question, I do think that my brother Jerry is happier living in a group home than at my parents’. My parents both died in their 50s. He lived at home until he was 21, then came and lived with me. At the age of about 24 he moved to a group home, and it has been great for him. I guess it’s sort of like moving off to a college dorm. You love your parents, and your family, but going off to live in a fraternity (though sheltered, with supervision) is sure fun.

]]> By: Sandra McElwee http://scottishwarriors.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-day-i-met-an-angel/#comment-27 Sandra McElwee Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:51:28 +0000 http://scottishwarriors.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-day-i-met-an-angel/#comment-27 Wow, what a well written testimonial. And I do believe you were graced with an angel that day at church. Our kids with Down syndrome come equipped with Angels. My son's very presence reveals who the angels are, and he repels the evil people from our lives. His very being sheds true light on character. My son is 14, and proving to the world that he is truly a MEMBER and not a spectator. He has inspired a petition to educate doctors to know more about Down syndrome so when they present a prenatal diagnosis, or a diagnosis after a baby is born they can tell positive things and not just the negative. This petition which currently has over 700 signatures can be found and signed at http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/DS-advocacy God Bless you and your family. Sandra McElwee Wow, what a well written testimonial. And I do believe you were graced with an angel that day at church. Our kids with Down syndrome come equipped with Angels. My son’s very presence reveals who the angels are, and he repels the evil people from our lives. His very being sheds true light on character.
My son is 14, and proving to the world that he is truly a MEMBER and not a spectator. He has inspired a petition to educate doctors to know more about Down syndrome so when they present a prenatal diagnosis, or a diagnosis after a baby is born they can tell positive things and not just the negative.
This petition which currently has over 700 signatures can be found and signed at
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/DS-advocacy
God Bless you and your family.
Sandra McElwee

]]> By: appolus http://scottishwarriors.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-day-i-met-an-angel/#comment-26 appolus Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:45:14 +0000 http://scottishwarriors.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-day-i-met-an-angel/#comment-26 Amen brother. Yes all things do work together, the steps of a righteous man and woman are ordered of God. No one else can tell us this, we have to discover it individually. In the yeilding of our life to Him, in the surrender of our own former hopes and dreams, in this lies the victory and the secret to abundant life, despite the circumstances...........Frank Amen brother. Yes all things do work together, the steps of a righteous man and woman are ordered of God. No one else can tell us this, we have to discover it individually. In the yeilding of our life to Him, in the surrender of our own former hopes and dreams, in this lies the victory and the secret to abundant life, despite the circumstances………..Frank

]]> By: timbob http://scottishwarriors.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-day-i-met-an-angel/#comment-25 timbob Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:27:05 +0000 http://scottishwarriors.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-day-i-met-an-angel/#comment-25 Greetings. Thanks for sharing this testimony. We have a son with autism who turned 13 this month. The challenges are many but I cannot imagine life without him. As is the case with most autistic children, the symptoms didn't begin showing up until he was almost two years old. Now he's quite a handful and sometimes the situation can seem overwhelming. Yet I believe that Romans 8:28 is true; even when well-meaning acquaintances tell us "I don't know how you handle it." Thanks again for telling this. Have a blessed day in Jesus. timbob Greetings. Thanks for sharing this testimony. We have a son with autism who turned 13 this month. The challenges are many but I cannot imagine life without him. As is the case with most autistic children, the symptoms didn’t begin showing up until he was almost two years old. Now he’s quite a handful and sometimes the situation can seem overwhelming. Yet I believe that Romans 8:28 is true; even when well-meaning acquaintances tell us “I don’t know how you handle it.” Thanks again for telling this.

Have a blessed day in Jesus.

timbob

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