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Handi-crap (Jun 8, 2008)

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Handi-crap: what does it mean? by Erik Strunk “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water.” Matthew 17:15 A young man I know with a disability decided one day that he wanted to go to college, and wondered how to get the money, so he decided to apply for a grant. His application called for a short essay entitled, “handi-crap: what does it mean”? He was to define this phrase in his own words, as the instructions indicated that such a word was not in the dictionary. So, the young man had to really think what the word could mean according to his own knowledge. The definition this young man came up with went along the lines: something that makes a disabled person not to realize his or her own potential, or the way a normal person takes advantage of a disabled person because he or she is different. St. Matthew tells us in Matthew 7:1 not to judge and you will not be judged. And in 7:5, Jesus said “first cast out the beam out of thine own eye, and then thou shalt see clearly enough to cast out the mote in thy brother’s eye.” What this means is that one should treat another fairly, regardless if he or she is disabled or not. One must also ask himself or herself, are there really such things as epilepsy, ADHD, bipolar, mental retardation, or developmental disorders? In Matthew 17:18, we read “and Jesus rebuked the demons, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour.” What this is saying, Satan has manipulated us all once to often and by possessing God’s people with demons, in which we have been plagued with the aforementioned problems and other disorders and diseases. So, who are we to judge and/or ridicule another person because he or she suffers from an illness? Doesn’t Matthew ask us in 7:3 “why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but not consider the plank in your own eye?” One must also give a disabled person credit, for they seem to have more gumption about himself or herself than any normal person I know. These people really work hard to be normal and to overcome their shortcomings. Let’s take a moment to recall Matthew 17:21 where Matthew says, “However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.” So, if we are anything like the young man in Matthew 17:15, we must encourage one another to pray and have faith, that the Lord will free us from demons and heal us from all our infirmities.

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