A True Story
A soldier 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'd like to bring a friend home with me."
"Sure" They replied. "We'd love to meet him."
"There is 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 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 him find somewhere to live."
"No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with us."
"Son," Said the father, " You don't know what you are asking. Someone
with such a handicap would be a terrible burden to us. We have our own
life to live and we can't let something like this interfere with our lives. I
think you should just come home and forget about this guy. He'll find a way to
live on his own."
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. He himself was the man he wanted to bring home to
his Mom and Dad.
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We are so much like the parents in this story. 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 healthy, beautiful, or smart as we are. We don't
want the inconvience that true love brings into our lives. Jesus said
depart from me ... and they replied Lord when did we not love you and
help you? And Jesus said when you didn't do it for one of the least of
these then you didn't do it to me. God comes in many disguises Thankfully,
the Creator (God) doesn't treat us that way. He loves us with an
unconditional love that welcomes us into his family forever, regardless
of how messed up we are. Because of his great love for us, we are to
reach out to others in the same way. May the Creator bless all of us and
I pray that we may all walk in His unconditional Love and eternal peace
and on the right road.
At that 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.
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