For it is a dreadful truth that the state of (as you say) "having to depend solely on God" is what we all dread most. And of course that just shows how very much, how almost exclusively, we have been depending on things. But trouble goes so far back in our lives and is now so deeply ingrained, we will not turn to Him as long as He leaves us anything else to turn to. I suppose all one can say is that it was bound to come. In the hour of death and the day of judgment, what else shall we have? Perhaps when those moments come, they will feel happiest who have been forced (however unwittingly) to begin practising it here on earth. It is good of Him to force us; but dear me, how hard to feel that it is good at the time.
C.S. Lewis, Letters to an American Lady, 1967, p. 47.
When it comes to children, parents so often have to depend on God for help. We race against time to help our son develop skills that make him as independent as possible, to increase the probability that he will not be put into an institution when we are gone, but that a good family will welcome him into their home. We have to depend on God for his continuing development and his future home life.
(I have to add I am continually inspired by hearing stories of people, bloggers among them, who have adopted children with special needs into their homes. I know there is a similar program for adults in a nearby state, which I would like to look into, when I get time.)
*C. S. Lewis. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
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