Dads and Disabilities

John Piper:

John Knight is the director of development here at Desiring God. He blogs at www.theworksofGod.com, and, with his wife, loves Jesus, and trusts the sovereign wisdom and goodness of God.

But it has not always been so.

My aim in this interview is to hear what it was like for John and Dianne to hear that their son "has a problem," what it was like to crash spiritually, and what it was like to see God rebuild their lives.

We hope many of you, who have endured great loss and sorrow, will be strengthened by John and Dianne's story.

Their faith has been a huge encouragement to me.

Their faith has been an encouragement to me as well.

Not unrelated is the testimony of Greg Lucas, author of Wrestling with an Angel: A Story of Love, Disability and the Lessons of Grace:

Finally, Timothy Darymple has some thoughtful entries from the dad I highlighted in the post about 99 Balloons.