Say what you want about her politically, but I love the way that Sarah Palin talks about her youngest son. Trig was born in 2008, months before she accepted the Republican party's Vice-Presidential nomination. Having a young child at this point could be seen as an inconvenience even in the best of circumstances, but with Trig the case is even more unique. You see, Trig was born with Down Syndrome. Many parents would question "why me?", and while I am sure that the Palins had these same questions at some point after the prenatal diagnosis of Trig's Down Syndrome, you will never catch any of them referring to Trig as anything less than a blessing. In fact, in Sarah Palin's book "America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag" comments on Trig as not happening to her family, but rather for her family.
How often do we question the hardships we face as happening to us? As Laura Story's song Blessings proposes, what if God's blessings come in the hardships? I believe that this is the case. In the book of John, Jesus meets a man born blind. When Jesus asks whether the man's affliction was caused by his sin or his parents, Jesus says the answer is neither. The man's affliction wasn't a result of human consequence, but rather was simply part of God's eternal and mysterious plan. I won't try to even pretend that I understand how God's plan works, but I think it is important to remember that God always has a plan, and sometimes that plan includes using your faith despite your affliction to bring glory to Him.
Your Fellow Water Walker,
-Ashlee
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