God's Glory in Disability

John Knight, over at Desiring God, had this insightful way of communicating truth from Psalm 139. Knowing that disabilities are not things that God merely allows but actually intends (see Exodus 4:11), we can think about David's words in a fresh way.---

"With that in mind, what do you think about this expansion of Psalm 139:13-16? I've added some additional descriptors in italics to bring out what we really mean if we believe that God is sovereign over disability:

For you formed my inward parts with Down syndrome;
you knitted me together in my mother's womb without eyes.
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made with cognitive challenges.
Wonderful are your works in creating me without limbs;
my soul knows it very well though my ears will never hear a sound.
My frame was not hidden from you as you made me with Apert syndrome,
when I was being made in secret with autism,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth without Hexosaminidase A.
Your eyes saw my unformed substance with spina bifida;
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me with cerebral palsy,
when as yet there was none of them."

Here is the link for the entire post:

http://www.desiringgod.org/Blog/2394_is_god_sovereign_over_human_disability/