God's OTHER Chosen People

We all should know that people of the Jewish faith are really and truly God's chosen people. It's pretty clear in the Bible. Does that mean that they are the ONLY chosen ones? I don't think so. Here a little story about another one that I have personally met: For the past six summers, I have been working as a volunteer at Flatwoods Elementary Summer Day Camp. I've seen every kind of kid possible through this program, but nothing prepared me for what came to me early last summer. His name is Ethan Edmundson. He was 5 years old at the time. He has Cerebral Palsy and as such he's different from the other kids at camp. He has some trouble walking and he claims he has to go "peepee" at least every five minutes. I didn't know much about him but I was assigned to take care of him. Well at camp we go to different places everyday and the day I'm talking about was swimming at Bobby Miller Pool. Well, the pool is indoor and has the nice looking tile around the pool(not sure what it is) and can hurt someone if wet. Well, I didn't know he needed shoes or anything for the pool and plus he didn't have any with him. So he went in, swam for a few minutes, then rush out of the pool towards the bathroom, and then *BLAM* he slipped and hit his head on the ground. Now if this was another kid, he would have gotten over it, but Ethan has Cerebral Palsy (CP) and hitting his head could possibly kill him. Well he cried and after a while he seemed OK. After we swim we go to the library upstairs and participate in their summer reading program. Ev erything was fine at first and then, Ethan got up went to a teacher and just threw up everywhere. I picked him up and rushed him to the bathroom to clean him up. As, I was cleaning him up, and I saw the sadness in his face, I understood something then. People wonder why if God loves us and created us in his image, then why do we have people who are menatlly handicapped and with mental disorders? Can't he just take that away from them and make them normal? He could but, those handicapped people are his Chsoen Ones. They're here to make sure that we do our job as Christians. To make sure we don't pass judgement on others and to love one another unconditionally. I realized this and now I'm a better person and a Christian as a whole for doing so. I spent all of last summer with him and he's back this year and I am really excited to see him there. Every time I see him now, it's a reminder of God's amazing and infinite love for us. Hopefully, I reached out to someone with this. God Bless!