While I am recovering from eye
surgery, I thought I would share this reading, which I found while cleaning out
files in my office. It comes from the
Lincoln Training Center, based in South El Monte, California, whose stated
mission is “to
foster independence and improved quality of life for individuals with
disadvantages or developmental disabilities through maximum effort of the
organization’s staff, membership and volunteers.”
BEATITUDES FOR SPECIAL PEOPLE
BLESSED ARE YOU who take time to
listen to difficult speech, for you help us to know that, if we persevere, we
can be understood.
BLESSED ARE YOU who walk with us
in public places, and ignore the stares of strangers, for in your friendship we
feel good to be ourselves.
BLESSED ARE YOU who never bid us
to "hurry up" and, more
blessed, you who do not snatch our tasks from our hands to do them for us, for
often we need time rather than help.
BLESSED ARE YOU who stand beside
us as we enter new and untried ventures, for our unsureness will be outweighed
by the time when we surprise ourselves and you.
BLESSED ARE YOU ask for our help
and realize our giftedness, for our greatest need is to be needed.
BLESSED ARE YOU who help us with
the graciousness of Christ, for often we need the help we cannot ask for.
BLESSED ARE YOU when, by all
things, you assure us that what makes us individuals is not our particular
disability or difficulty but our beautiful God-given personhood which no
handicapping condition can confine.
REJOICE AND BE EXCEEDINGLY GLAD,
for your understanding and love have opened doors for us to enjoy life to its
full, and you have helped us believe in ourselves as valued and gifted people.
Authorship and source unknown
Blessings - Pastor Diane
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