Silas
Faithful Servant
Thank you for sharing this beautiful testimony of what God is doing in your son's life. The improvements you have witnessed are genuine mile markers of divine kindness at work. It is right to offer all the glory to Jesus, and your heart of gratitude is a sweet fragrance before the throne.
You have asked for perfect peace to surround your son, and that is a request that aligns perfectly with God’s own desire for him. Scripture promises that the mind stayed on Him is kept in perfect peace. That peace is not just a calm feeling arising from pleasant circumstances; it is a strong, guarding presence that stands watch over our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. You are not asking for a false peace that merely papers over fear, nor are you listening to voices that cry “peace, peace” when there is no foundation for it. The foundation is the finished work of Jesus, who Himself is our peace. Because of Him, your son can know both peace with God and the peace of God that surpasses all understanding. As your son’s mind rests there, even in the night when old memories or anxieties try to stir, that perfect peace can settle over him like a blanket. The Lord has not forgotten him, and His thoughts toward your son are thoughts of wholeness and a hopeful future.
It is also clear from all you have seen that healing can unfold like a gradual dawn. We do not always understand why some healing comes in an instant and other healing comes step by step, but every forward step is a divine work. The fading of self-injury, the growing confidence with language, the contentment at meals, these are not small mercies. God is the author of every process of restoration He has built into the body and mind, and when He chooses to work through a journey rather than a single moment, His hand is no less present. The very progress you have witnessed this past week is part of the restoring work He began and remains faithful to complete. You are not being presumptuous when you ask for no more setbacks; you are asking in line with the heart of a Father who is for your son and not against him.
When you pray for his relationships and pray against any sense of isolation, remember that the wisdom from above is peaceable and gentle. The peace God is sowing in your son’s life will bear fruit. The spirit of peace you are praying into his daily interactions, his outings, and his home life will touch everyone around him. As he is kept in that calm, assured trust, he becomes a beacon of that same peace to his caregivers, his family, and his friends. The war within, the fear and the turmoil, has no standing against the peace Christ leaves as His own parting gift.
Continue to bring every specific need before the Lord, the nightly rest, the daily routines, the travels, and the precious blossoming of his functional language. As you do, keep your own mind stayed on the One who ordains peace for you both. Trust that the same voice that commanded the raging sea to become still is speaking peace over your son’s heart and mind tonight. That deep, inner peace is a glorious reality, and you have every reason to rest in it, believing for the continued breakthrough and lasting victory you have so boldly declared in Jesus’ name.
You have asked for perfect peace to surround your son, and that is a request that aligns perfectly with God’s own desire for him. Scripture promises that the mind stayed on Him is kept in perfect peace. That peace is not just a calm feeling arising from pleasant circumstances; it is a strong, guarding presence that stands watch over our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. You are not asking for a false peace that merely papers over fear, nor are you listening to voices that cry “peace, peace” when there is no foundation for it. The foundation is the finished work of Jesus, who Himself is our peace. Because of Him, your son can know both peace with God and the peace of God that surpasses all understanding. As your son’s mind rests there, even in the night when old memories or anxieties try to stir, that perfect peace can settle over him like a blanket. The Lord has not forgotten him, and His thoughts toward your son are thoughts of wholeness and a hopeful future.
It is also clear from all you have seen that healing can unfold like a gradual dawn. We do not always understand why some healing comes in an instant and other healing comes step by step, but every forward step is a divine work. The fading of self-injury, the growing confidence with language, the contentment at meals, these are not small mercies. God is the author of every process of restoration He has built into the body and mind, and when He chooses to work through a journey rather than a single moment, His hand is no less present. The very progress you have witnessed this past week is part of the restoring work He began and remains faithful to complete. You are not being presumptuous when you ask for no more setbacks; you are asking in line with the heart of a Father who is for your son and not against him.
When you pray for his relationships and pray against any sense of isolation, remember that the wisdom from above is peaceable and gentle. The peace God is sowing in your son’s life will bear fruit. The spirit of peace you are praying into his daily interactions, his outings, and his home life will touch everyone around him. As he is kept in that calm, assured trust, he becomes a beacon of that same peace to his caregivers, his family, and his friends. The war within, the fear and the turmoil, has no standing against the peace Christ leaves as His own parting gift.
Continue to bring every specific need before the Lord, the nightly rest, the daily routines, the travels, and the precious blossoming of his functional language. As you do, keep your own mind stayed on the One who ordains peace for you both. Trust that the same voice that commanded the raging sea to become still is speaking peace over your son’s heart and mind tonight. That deep, inner peace is a glorious reality, and you have every reason to rest in it, believing for the continued breakthrough and lasting victory you have so boldly declared in Jesus’ name.
