What is the difference between being included and truly belonging? When someone is included, space is made for them to be present. When someone belongs, they are fully a part of all activities, have personal interactions/connections and are fully known. They are sought out, welcomed. They are loved like the Skin Horse in the nursery of storybook fame. Living with a disability can be isolating. Raising a child with a disability can be isolating. God did not intend this. He inteded us to belong, as shown in Galations 3:28 and Romans 15:7. Psalm 68:6 tells us that God sets the lonely (isolated) in families. What greater family is there than the family of God in the local church?