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In Brooklyn, New York, Chush is a school that caters to learning disabled
children. Some children remain in Chush for their entire school career,
while others can be main streamed into conventional schools.
At a Chush fund-raising dinner, the father of a Chush child delivered a
speech that would never be forgotten by all that attended. After extolling
the school and its dedicated staff, he cried out, "Where is the perfection
in my son Jerry?
Everything God does is done with perfection. But my child cannot understand
things as other children do. My child cannot remember facts and figures as
other children do. Where is God's perfection?"
The audience was shocked by the question, pained by the father's anguish and
stilled by the piercing query. "I believe," the father answered, "that when
God brings a child like this into the world, the perfection that He seeks is
in the way people react to this child."
He then told the following story about his son Jerry:
One afternoon Jerry and his father walked past a park where some boys Jerry
knew were playing baseball. Jerry asked, "Do you think they will let me
play?" Jerry's father knew that his son was not at all athletic and that
most boys would not want him on their team. But Jerry's father understood
that if his son were chosen to play it would give him a comfortable sense of
belonging.
Jerry's father approached one of the boys in the field and asked if Jerry
could play. The boy looked around for guidance from his teammates. Getting
none, he took matters into his own hands and said, "We are losing by six
runs and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and
we'll try to put him up to bat in the ninth inning
Jerry's father was ecstatic as Jerry smiled broadly. Jerry was told to put
on a glove and go out to play short center field. In the bottom of the
eighth inning, Jerry's team scored a few runs but was still behind by three.
In the bottom of the ninth inning, Jerry's team scored again and now with
two outs and the bases loaded with the potential winning run on base, Jerry
was scheduled to be up. Would the team actually let Jerry bat at this
juncture and give away their chance to win the game?
Surprisingly, Jerry was given the bat. Everyone knew that it was all but
impossible because Jerry didn't even know how to hold the bat properly, let
alone hit with it. However, as Jerry stepped up to the plate, the pitcher
moved a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Jerry should at least be able
to make contact. The first pitch came in and Jerry swung clumsily and
missed. One of Jerry's teammates came up to Jerry and together they held the
bat and faced the pitcher waiting for the next pitch. The pitcher again took
a few steps forward to toss the ball softly toward Jerry.
As the pitch came in, Jerry and his teammate swung the bat and together they
hit a slow ground ball to the pitcher. The pitcher picked up the soft
grounder and could easily have thrown the ball to the first baseman. Jerry
would have been out and that would have ended the game. Instead, the pitcher
took the ball and threw it on a high arc to right field, far beyond reach of
the first baseman.
Everyone started yelling, "Jerry, run to first. Run to first!" Never in his
life had Jerry run to first. He scampered down the baseline wide eyed and
startled. By the time he reached first base, the right fielder had the ball.
He could have thrown the ball to the second baseman that would tag out
Jerry, who was still running. But the right fielder understood what the
pitcher's intentions were, so he threw the ball high and far over the third
baseman's head. Everyone yelled, "Run to second, run to second."
Jerry ran towards second base as the runners ahead of him deliriously
circled the bases towards home.
As Jerry reached second base, the opposing short stop ran to him, turned him
in the direction of third base and shouted, "Run to third." As Jerry rounded
third, the boys from both teams ran behind him screaming, "Jerry run."
Jerry ran home, stepped on home plate and all 18 boys lifted him on their
shoulders and made him the hero, as he had just hit a "grand slam" and won
the game for his team.
"That day," said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face,
"those 18 boys reached their level of God's perfection."
-- Author Unknown
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