Inspirational Story
Unconditional Love
Unknown Author
This is a story told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam War. He called his parents: "I am coming home...I have a friend and i would like to bring him with me."
"Sure", they replied we would love to meet him.
"But do you know he was hurt badly in the fight. He stepped on a land of mine and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere to go, and I want him to live with us" said the son.
"I am sorry to hear that my son, but we can help him find somewhere to live."
"No, Mom and Dad. I want him to live with us."
Dad said:" My dear son...you don't know......someone with disability would be terrible burden on us. We have our own lives to live. We can't let something like this to interfere with our lives. He will find a way on his own."
At that point, the son hung the phone. The parents heard nothing from him any more. After few days they received a phone call from San Francisco police .Their son had died after falling from a building, they were told..
The grief stricken parents flew to San Francisco and were taken to the city morgue to identify the body of their son. They recognized to their horror that they also discovered something they didn't know..their son had only 1 arm and 1 leg.
The parents in this story are like many of us. We chose to love whom we already know in our family/social circles. For the ones whom we don't know, we chose to ignore and stay away from them. Thankfully, we all know someone will not treat us that way - God. God loves us unconditionally even thought we were bad.
Let us learn to love others like how God loves us.
This is a story told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam War. He called his parents: "I am coming home...I have a friend and i would like to bring him with me."
"Sure", they replied we would love to meet him.
"But do you know he was hurt badly in the fight. He stepped on a land of mine and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere to go, and I want him to live with us" said the son.
"I am sorry to hear that my son, but we can help him find somewhere to live."
"No, Mom and Dad. I want him to live with us."
Dad said:" My dear son...you don't know......someone with disability would be terrible burden on us. We have our own lives to live. We can't let something like this to interfere with our lives. He will find a way on his own."
At that point, the son hung the phone. The parents heard nothing from him any more. After few days they received a phone call from San Francisco police .Their son had died after falling from a building, they were told..
The grief stricken parents flew to San Francisco and were taken to the city morgue to identify the body of their son. They recognized to their horror that they also discovered something they didn't know..their son had only 1 arm and 1 leg.
The parents in this story are like many of us. We chose to love whom we already know in our family/social circles. For the ones whom we don't know, we chose to ignore and stay away from them. Thankfully, we all know someone will not treat us that way - God. God loves us unconditionally even thought we were bad.
Let us learn to love others like how God loves us.