Frankly when I see these about Downs children, I think about the Downs ADULTS whose parents still have to assist them like they were children. You see them in public places. I know it’s parental devotion, but to me it’s a lifelong sentence.
“You see them in public places. I know it’s parental devotion, but to me it’s a lifelong sentence.”
Not always.
I know a man with downs and the only way I know he has it because he told me. He shows no signs what so ever!
He’s married, with kids and would you believe he was in the Marines?
Oh he still has “issues” and sometimes needs help, a lot I wonder if was his being in the Marines, but he’s on his own.
Prepare to be blasted. When you see “these Downs children” see yourself. Their physical problems are none other than a reflection of our own souls. Your creator views all your righteousness as filthy rags and nothing you can do is good enough to be in His presence and die.
So, He became human to live the perfect life in service and love. He healed the deformed to show that our own inner deformities can be healed by Him (even if that will happen after our resurrection).
Whoever loves the vulnerable are like Him. Who are you like?
Perhaps you should be thankful that YOUR parents did not consider that they were ‘punished with a baby’, when your mother got pregnant with you. Your comments suggest that a child with Down Syndrome would be such a ‘punishment’.
There is a young man with Down Syndrome in his 30s, who sings in my Church’s choir. He lives on his own and holds a job. Has he some problems? Sure. Who doesn’t? Is he a ‘lifelong sentence’ to his parents? No!
Your ignorance is flabbergasting. Next time you see such a family engage them in conversation. They will be more than willing to talk with you. You will be stunned to learn the value of their child to their family and their lives. Yours in not the only life worth living, meager as that is.
A first cousin of mine, an RN, has a Downs daughter. These children used to have relatively short lifespans. However, this girl is nearing 50 and doing well, has a job at a Sheltered Workshop, and is loved by nearly everyone. Especially me.