I am finally drinking my first cup of coffee, at lunch. Tori did not sleep well least night, again, so we had a late wake up and barely made it to occupationally therapy to work on feedings. I was having trouble waking up on the drive there and kept praying “Lord give me strength, I am not wonder woman and please remind me that I do not have to pretend to be!”

After therapy we headed straight to school (Tori attends our school district’s special education preschool 4 days a week). Again the prayers for strength started flowing when I realized that I had not even prayed for my daughter to have strength…she is the one who’s body is physically challenged everyday to do things that it does not want to do! Lord forgive me for thinking of myself first!!!

I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency]. (Philippians 4:13 AMP)

Thank you Lord for your strength!

I’m having my coffee and reading my Bible attempting to get some energy for the day ahead of me and Tori:

Breakfast: do we eat eggs and struggle with using a fork (tremors are worse in the mornings and night) or should I spare myself those emotions and let her eat muffins and fruit with her hands?
I need strength: The Lord is my strength and my defense: he has become my salvation Psalm 118:14 NIV
Salvation:help, deliverance, safety, welfare, victory. I’m avenged, defended, rescued. BLB Lexicon.

Theratogs: remember not to ask her to be still when I’m struggling to get them on her, the reason she wears them is because she has poor balance and cannot stand completely still.
I need patience: Clothe yourselves therefore, as God’s own chosen ones (His own picked representatives), [who are] purified and holy and well-beloved [by God himself, by putting on behavior marked by] tenderhearted pity and mercy, kind feeling, a lowly option of yourselves, gentle ways, [and] patience [which is tireless and long-suffering, and has the power to endure whatever comes, with good temper]. Colossians 3:12 AMP

Orthotics: even though she doesn’t like them and she is going to scream she will get use to them and in Jesus name they will help her to walk.
I need hope: NOW FAITH is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses]. Hebrews 11:1 AMP

Lord give me your strength today! Increase my faith and hope.

other parents of children with special needs, or really anyone that needs encouragement, to hope in faith and in return increase our faith so that we can hope even more…and have peace.

I am on a journey to trusting Jesus Christ with ever fiber of my body because I need his strength to get through the days taking care of my precious child who is developmentally delayed and has mild cerebral palsy. My aim is to share what insights I gain in my daily walk with God that produce the hope, faith and strength I need to make it as a mother to a special needs child. I hope all who read will find encouragement in the scriptures I will post in the future.