A Story is told
about a soldier who was finally coming home after having
fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco.
"Mom and Dad, I'm
coming home, but I've a favor to ask. I have a friend I'd like
to bring home with me."
"Sure," they
replied, "We'd love to meet him."
"There's something you
should know the son continued, he was hurt pretty badly in the
fighting. He stepped on a land mine and lost an arm and a leg.
He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to come live with
us."
"I'm sorry to hear
that son. Maybe we can help find him somewhere to live."
"No, Mom and Dad, I
want him to live with us."
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"Son," said the
father, "you don't know what you're asking. Someone with
such a handicap would be a terrible burden on us. We have our
own lives to live, and we can't let something like this
interfere with our lives. I think you should come home and
forget about this guy. He'll find a way to live on his
own."
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At this point, the son hung
up the phone. The parents heard nothing more from him. A few
days later, however, they received a call from the San
Francisco police. Their son had died after falling from a
building, they were told. The police believed it was suicide.
The grief-stricken parents flew to San Francisco and were
taken to the city morgue to identify the body of their son.
They recognized him, but to their horror they also discovered
something they didn't know, their son had only one arm and
leg.
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The parents in this story
are like many of us. We find it easy to love those who are
good-looking or fun to have around, but we don't like people
who inconvenience us or make us feel uncomfortable, We would
rather stay away from people who aren't as healthy, beautiful,
or as smart as we are. Thankfully, there's someone who won't
treat us that way. Someone who loves us with unconditional
love that welcomes us into the forever family, regardless of
how messed up we are.
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Tonight, before you tuck
yourself in for the night, say a little prayer that God will
give you the strength you need to accept people as they are,
and to help us all to be more understanding of those who are
different from us!
...Love
Unconditionally
~Author
Unknown~
May be based on the song by Chris LeDoux titled "Silence on the Line"
Thanks to: Harry Updegraff, Jr.
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