If I can help somebody as I pass along, If I can cheer somebody with a word or song, If I can show somebody he is travelling wrong, then my living shall not be in vain.

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One of the most remarkable stories I ever heard is what happened during a CCD class session. The confirmation kids were invited to come up on a stage and recite some Bible verses which they had learnt by heart.

One of the boys happened to be a cripple, a hunchback. As he started to hobble across the stage as best he could, with his terribly humped back, an older boy thoughtlessly cried out, "Hey, crip, take the pack off your back!" A forbidding hush fell on the whole audience. The little boy broke down in tears, and couldn't go on. Then, a man stood up, came on the stage, stood beside this little boy and said, "I don't know who is the smart guy who made this stupid remark but I want to tell you who this boy is. This boy is my son. And I am very proud of him, because he is mine!" And he picked him up in his arms and walked off the stage.

An amazing story on all counts. What is more amazing is that this is our story and God's story. We can understand how God could love Jesus - who wouldn't love him? He is the most handsome, the most caring of all men. What is difficult for us to understand is how can God the Father possibly love us the same way. But the good news is exactly this : in all our hunchbacked, crippled, broken, beaten condition, God stands beside us and says, "I'm proud of him; he's mine!" And He picks us up and carries us on through life.

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