I'm thankful for healthy children.
Children who can tie their shoes,
brush their teeth and comb their hair.
Children who can run and play and swim and ride bikes,
play with the dogs and climb a tree.

I watched today as little people were challenged to walk.
Down Syndrome children challenged to function in a normal society.
But for God's grace, they could be mine.
Why did God to spare us from that life?
Was there a specific plan to learn a lesson of some sort?
Or perhaps there was the ever present reality of God's knowledge
that I just might not have the stamina to pull of parenting a challenged child.

I pray for the parents of those children
I pray for the children, that they would learn,
Learn that even in their challenges,
God created them for a reason and for a purpose.
I pray that they would have the ability to comprehend
Understand the differences between right and wrong
In sin and purity.

I pray that somehow, they would know God.
That God who created them special, desires to give them life.
That He desires to open his home to them with love and hope.

Bless the little people,
the challenged both physicallly and mentally.
Remind me that I too am often challenged, sometimes physically
Sometimes mentally and sometimes even Spiritually.
Remind me that we are ALL precious in His sight
In the dark or in the light
Fearing dragons in the night
Be it wrong or be it right
Through your love we'll win the fight.
Show your strength and show your might
To lead us on amidst our plight.