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There has always been in all of
humanity a sprinkling of those

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who are described
in the scriptures

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as the blind, the halt,
the lame, the deaf,

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the withered the dumb,
the impotent folk.

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We refer to them as having
learning or communication

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disorders, as the hearing
or visually impaired,

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as those with motor or
orthopedic limitations.

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We speak of intellectual
or emotional

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impairment, of retardation,
and mental illness.

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Some suffer from a
combination of these,

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and all of them cannot
function without some help.

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It is natural for parents
with handicapped children

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to ask themselves,
"What did we do wrong?"

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The idea that all
suffering is somehow

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the direct result
of sin has been

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taught since ancient times.

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It is false doctrine.

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That notion was even accepted
by some of the early disciples

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until the Lord corrected them.

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There is little
room for feelings

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of guilt in connection
with handicaps.

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Some handicaps may result from
carelessness or abuse and some

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through addiction of parents,
but most of them do not.

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Afflictions come
to the innocent.

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If healing does not
come in mortal life,

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it will come thereafter.

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Just as the gorgeous
monarch butterfly

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emerges from a chrysalis,
so will spirits emerge.

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If our view is limited
to mortal life,

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some things become
unbearable because they

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seem so unfair and so permanent.

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There are doctrines,
which if understood,

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will bring a perspective toward
and a composure regarding

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problems which otherwise have
no satisfactory explanation.

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