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What does the Bible say about disabled children?

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The Bible teaches that disabled children are precious image-bearers, fully known and loved by God, and that their lives call the church to faithful care, honor, and hope. Psalm 139:13-16 declares that God forms each person in the womb and knows every day appointed for them. Jeremiah 29:11 and Deuteronomy 31:6 encourage trust in God’s good purposes and abiding presence, even amid painful uncertainty. Romans 9:20 humbles us before God’s wisdom without denying the reality of grief. Isaiah 35:1-10 points to Christ’s coming kingdom, where suffering and bodily weakness will finally give way to joyful restoration.

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  • Jeremiah 29:11

    For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

  • Psalms 139:14

    I will give thanks to you, For I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.

  • Deuteronomy 31:6

    Be strong and of good courage, don't be afraid, nor be scared of them: for Yahweh your God, he it is who does go with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you.

  • Romans 9:20

    But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, "Why did you make me like this?"

  • Isaiah 35:5

    Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

  • Isaiah 35:1-10

    [1] The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. [2] It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing; the glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon: they shall see the glory of Yahweh, the excellency of our God. [3] Strengthen you the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. [4] Tell those who are of a fearful heart, Be strong, don't be afraid: behold, your God will come [with] vengeance, [with] the recompense of God; he will come and save you. [5] Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. [6] Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the mute shall sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. [7] The glowing sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water: in the habitation of jackals, where they lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. [8] A highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, but is shall be for for him who walks in the Way. Wicked fools will not go there. [9] No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous animal go up thereon; they shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk [there]: [10] and the ransomed of Yahweh shall return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy shall be on their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

  • Psalms 139:13-16

    [13] For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb. [14] I will give thanks to you, For I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well. [15] My frame wasn't hidden from you, When I was made in secret, Woven together in the depths of the earth. [16] Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there were none of them.

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