"Treasure Her"

This passage was posted on the Reece's Rainbow group. It is a passage from the book, The Clowns of God, by Morris West. In the book, a deposed pope has gone through many trials and tribulations and it is the time of the Second Coming. When he meets the Returned Christ, the former pope is afraid and unsure much like the apostles when Christ first arose. This passage takes place in a mountain hideaway where children from a school for Down Syndrome are among those present. The Returned Christ is speaking about one of these children as he holds her. If you have ever held and loved a child with special needs you know how much they are treasured!

"I know what you are thinking. You need a sign. What better one could I give but to make this little one whole and new? I could do it;but I will not. I am the Lord and not a conjurer. I gave this mite a gift I denied to to all of you...

Eternal Innocence. 

To you she looks imperfect--but to me she is flawless, like the bud that dies onopened or the fledgling that falls from the nest to be devoured by ants. She will enver offend me, as all of you have done. She will never pervert or destroy the work of my Father's hands.

She is necessary to you. She will evoke the kindness that will keep you human. Her infirmity will prompt you to give gratitude for your own good fortune. She will remind you every day that I am who I am, that my ways are not yours, and that the smallest dust mite whirled in the darkest spaces does not fall out of my hand...

I have chosen you. You have not chosen me. This little one is my sign to you.

Treasure her!"