I got this in a email from a online friend and i found it special so i thought to post it here for all of you to read !
The Soldier's Friend
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>
> 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 bad in the fighting. He stepped on a land mind 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 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'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 just come home and forget about this guy.
> He'll find a way to live on his own."
>
> 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.
>
> 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 one
> leg.
>
> 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 smart as we are.
>
> Thankfully, there's someone who won't treat us that way.
> Someone who loves us with an unconditional love that welcomes us
> into the forever family, regardless of how messed up we are.
>
> 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 be more understanding of
> those who are different from us.
>
> Exodus 14:14 The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your
peace.
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