Sensitivity

I went to pick Paige up from school yesterday, and her teacher pulled me aside to tell me something Paige had done that she'd forgotten to mention. As many of you know, Paige attends a preschool that has 6 autistic children and 6 neurotypical children to each class. Well, Paige was playing dress-up with a friend of hers who is also neurotypical. The teacher was sitting with one of the autistic girls, who is non-verbal, working with her across the room. Paige walked over to the teacher with a dress in her hand and said "Mrs. Holly, don't you think this little girl would want to play dress-up too?" Her teacher said that she and the other teacher all but burst into tears and said "Yes, Paige, I think she would LOVE it!". She said they ended up dressing up the whole class and taking pictures and had a really good time.
I love how tender and sensitive her heart is. We want to nurture the strengths and weaknesses God has graced our children with. We know that they are very different and very special all in the same. Sometimes Paige is a little oversensitive and we have to just work with her thru that, but her sensitivity and compassion is also what prompts her to seek out others. I was a little leary about her going to this particular school, but I like the fact that it helps us and her, as we teach her to not discriminate against others differences, whether it's speech, race, education..etc. The Lord has given me much grace as I parent these little ones throughout the day, and for that I am thankful. He glorifies Himself thru my children in situations like this, because it shows me that there is nothing in and of myself that could shape her heart the way He does!