Fridays from the Families: I am so thankful for John Knight

This isn't a guest post, but you'll hear from a dad who has a child with multiple disabilities. That dad is named John Knight, and I have great respect for him.

On Wednesday, this was posted at Desiring God. Read John Piper's words below, watch the video, and visit John at his blog, www.theworksofgod.com.

This video is serious, on-the-ground sermon "application." I preached, May 22, 2011, on disability—a man born blind—from John 9:1-4. This interview is with the father of a boy (almost 16) born blind. 

John Knight is the director of development here at Desiring God. He blogs at www.theworksofGod.com, and, with his wife, loves Jesus, and trusts the sovereign wisdom and goodness of God.

But it has not always been so. 

My aim in this interview is to hear what it was like for John and Dianne to hear that their son "has a problem," what it was like to crash spiritually, and what it was like to see God rebuild their lives.

We hope many of you, who have endured great loss and sorrow, will be strengthened by John and Dianne's story.

Their faith has been a huge encouragement to me.

And to me as well.

Here's the video. It is so good. It tells of the grief of diagnosis in a real and raw way. It tells about the need for churches to "enter into [the] pain" of families who are struggling. It makes John 9:3 more real; at least, it did for me.



And here's another video about their family that I found on the blog of the Elisha Foundation:



When John shared kind words about me on his blog a couple months ago, I was so incredibly humbled. Now you probably understand why.

He is a hero of mine.