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 24 votes
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says Yahweh, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.
- Psalms 139:14 15 votes
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 13 votes
Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them, for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”
- Romans 9:20 12 votes
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 10 votes
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.
- Isaiah 35:1-10 7 votes
The wilderness and the dry land will be glad. The desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose. It will blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing. Lebanon’s glory will be given to it, the excellence of Carmel and Sharon. They will see Yahweh’s glory, the excellence of our God. Strengthen the weak hands, and make the feeble knees firm. Tell those who have a fearful heart, “Be strong! Don’t be afraid! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, God’s retribution. He will come and save you. Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped. Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing; for waters will break out in the wilderness, and streams in the desert. The burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water. Grass with reeds and rushes will be in the habitation of jackals, where they lay. A highway will be there, a road, and it will be called “The Holy Way”. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it will be for those who walk in the Way. Wicked fools shall not go there. No lion will be there, nor will any ravenous animal go up on it. They will not be found there; but the redeemed will walk there. Then Yahweh’s ransomed ones will return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.”
- Psalms 139:13-16 7 votes
For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well. My frame wasn’t hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth. 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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