There are several things that need to be pointed out in this essay:
Yesterday, I related the story of a young man who had been labeled as "retarded,"
Who had labeled this kid as "retarded"? Answer: Likely nearly all of his government school teachers, principals, and possibly a government school psychologist of some sort.
That the child found **one** teacher that had the courage to think differently was extremely **lucky**! Think of the many children who did not have his luck and went through their lives wrongly believing they were "retarded" or ADD, ADHD, or had some other alphabet disability.
Maybe the lesson to be learned is nearly all government teachers, principals, and psychologists are incompetent, have something to gain by wrongly labeling a child "retarded", or they evil. Maybe the best action for a parent to take is to NEVER let a child step foot in a government school.
"What magical formula," he asked, "had she had used to pull these boys out of the slums and into successful careers?" Her eyes sparkled as she said with a gentle smile, "It's really very simple; I LOVED those boys."
One of the most cherished passages in the Christian scriptures (I Corinthians 13) concludes with the statement that three things -- faith, hope and love --
The author of this story is making a mistake that many modern Christians make.
The "love" spoken of in Corinthians is translated as "charity" in the King James version. "Charity" at one time in our Christian history was plainly understood to mean the type of love that Christ showed to us. Charity then is far far far **more** that merely feeling love toward another as we understand the word, "love" to mean today, and as the author of this essay **misapplies** Corinthians's word "love" in his essay. Charity, or the Corinthians's word "love", means total devotion, willingness to sacrifice all, even to go as far as Christ's Atonement.
I encourage others to do a Google search on the words: The Christian meaning of the word charity.
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