Pastor Tim's Benton Blog: It's Who Ben Is (Sing Ben Sing)!

Pastor Tim's Benton Blog: It's Who Ben Is (Sing Ben Sing)!: Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift! 2 Corinthians 9:15 Every morning as my son Ben waits for the school bus, God giv...

It's Who Ben Is (Sing Ben Sing)!

Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift! 2 Corinthians 9:15

Every morning as my son Ben waits for the school bus, God gives me the opportunity to watch him in his world. Ben will either be repeating lines from his favorite movie, or singing his favorite songs. "Yes", Ben is in his own world in which he understands and in which he is comfortable.

This morning I was awoken to the sound of Ben repeating lines from a Power Ranger movie while he was outside waiting for the bus. Part of me was tempted to go outside and tell Ben to quiet down, but then I asked myself why? Was I concerned what people would think? Was I embarrassed with Ben's actions?

I then realized that Ben was in his world and was being who God has made him to be, "Yes", Ben was happy. As we raise and nurture our son Ben and know that he is a wonderful and beautiful creation and gift from God, my job is to help him to flourish as Ben.

Our beautiful son who is Autistic was given God's love and gift in the fact that he is provided a world that he can go into that is safe and comfortable. One in which it is OK to sing your favorite songs out loud and to repeat movie lines in which super heroes save the world.

Brothers and Sisters their are millions of Ben's out there that have also been given the ability to sink inside a world that brings them comfort and peace, let us not be embarrassed by them, let us embrace them and also help them to flourish as God's loved and beautiful creations.

As we go thorough our daily lives, let us take the many Ben's in our lives with us and understand that we need not be embarrassed for who we are and how God made us. Each one of us is an inexpressible gift that God has made and given to the world, so if you feel like singing loud: "Go ahead and sing"!

As we journey through Lent  may we understand that God gave us his Son Jesus Christ as his most inexpressible gift in which flourished and died for our gift of eternal life. Let us not be embarrassed to speak of Jesus as God's gift for our lives, let us praise and let us sing loud in the understanding that Jesus is our world of safety that we can also retreat to at any time.

"Sing Ben Sing"!
Pastor Tim (Ben's Proud Dad)