Tommy Nelson in his book, The 12 Essentials of Godly Success, tells about a young man named Curt. Curt is thirteen years old. But Curt is physically and mentally disabled. He can’t talk. He’s a bit fragile. He’s just now getting to the place where he can go to the bathroom by himself. He can feed himself. He can hug you and love you.
But here’s what Nelson loves about Curt. “He is innocent and pure, and he loves people. You can be a big guy or a little guy, a female or a male, any race, any income, successful or a bum; it doesn’t matter. If you hug Curt, Curt will hug you back. He can’t tell you how he feels, so instead he cries out in delight. Everyone around him takes care of him. He thinks the entire universe was made as his sandbox. Every person that meets him loves him,” says Nelson.…