Show Me Your Mighty Hand

Raising children isn't for the faint of heart.All moms face challenges as they bring up their children. Perhaps none know this more so than if you're a mother whose children have special needs. The difficulties you-and your kids-encounter are often unique, requiring unwavering patience and understanding.Written by Wendy Heyn, a mother of a child with special needs, Show Me Your Mighty Hand offers a glimpse of such difficulties in nine true accounts from special-needs moms. It then connects their questions, fears, pain, and anxieties to those of a well-known biblical mom: Jesus' mother, Mary.This correlation shows that every mom faces unique circumstances when raising a child. You are not alone in dealing with difficult parenting situations. More importantly, it assures you as a special-needs mom that God has not given you a burden, but a blessing.This book will offer comfort and encouragement to you as you raise your children and share Jesus' love with them.Here's what people are saying about Show Me Your Mighty Hand:'So many of us are parenting in a sea of unexpected. ... Unexpected journeys with our kiddos that we never anticipated and we do not know how to swim through or even wade in. ... And then there is Jesus. And then there is HOPE. Wendy weaves her HOPE-filled story beautifully and honestly with Jesus. And then she offers her readers the HOPE of knowing they are not alone. They are standing with a rag-tag army of families parenting unexpected and uncharted territory, and Jesus walks with each of them and each of us. For the parent of a child with special needs, this is a must-read.' -Jackie Hooks, Founder, Pruning Hooks Ministries'Woven through the book are God's comforting answers. ... Such a powerful testament to God's grace and mercy.' -Anna Geiger, www.themeasuredmom.com'Wendy Heyn and eight other mothers are remarkably candid and authentic in sharing their experiences of parenting children with special needs in Show Me Your Mighty Hand. Their stories are a source of great encouragement and support to Christian families seeking to make sense of God's purposes through their experience of disability.' -Stephen Grcevich, MD Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Northeast Ohio Medical University, President and Founder, Key Ministry