Archives
- 01/18/2004 - 01/25/2004
- 01/25/2004 - 02/01/2004
- 02/01/2004 - 02/08/2004
- 02/08/2004 - 02/15/2004
- 02/15/2004 - 02/22/2004
- 02/22/2004 - 02/29/2004
- 02/29/2004 - 03/07/2004
- 05/30/2004 - 06/06/2004
- 11/14/2004 - 11/21/2004
- 11/28/2004 - 12/05/2004
- 12/05/2004 - 12/12/2004
- 12/26/2004 - 01/02/2005
- 03/13/2005 - 03/20/2005
- 03/27/2005 - 04/03/2005
- 04/03/2005 - 04/10/2005
- 04/10/2005 - 04/17/2005
- 04/17/2005 - 04/24/2005
- 04/24/2005 - 05/01/2005
- 05/01/2005 - 05/08/2005
- 05/08/2005 - 05/15/2005
- 05/15/2005 - 05/22/2005
- 06/12/2005 - 06/19/2005
- 06/19/2005 - 06/26/2005
- 07/03/2005 - 07/10/2005
- 07/17/2005 - 07/24/2005
- 07/24/2005 - 07/31/2005
- 06/18/2006 - 06/25/2006
You'd be surprised.
Wednesday, January 21, 2004
Got this in email today:
What Kind Of Man Would Do Such A Thing?
At Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington DC recently the Sergeant
Major of the Army, Jack Tilley, was with a group of people visiting the wounded soldiers. He saw a Special Forces soldier who had lost his right hand and suffered severe wounds of his face and side of his body.
The SMA wanted to honor him and show him respect without offending, but what can you say or do in such a situation that will encourage and uplift?
How do you shake the right hand of a soldier who has none? He decided to
act as though the hand was not missing and gripped the soldiers wrist while
speaking words of comfort and encouragement to him.
But there was another man in that group of visitors who had even brought
his wife with him to visit the wounded who knew exactly what to do. This man
reverently took the soldiers stump of a hand in both of his hands, bowed
at the bedside and prayed for him. When he finished the prayer he stood up, bent over the soldier and kissed him on the head and told him that he loved him. What a powerful expression of love
for one of our wounded heroes! And what a beautiful Christ-like example!
What kind of a man would do such a thing?
It was the wounded man's Commander-in-Chief, George W. Bush; President of
the United States.
This story was told by the SMA at a Soldiers Breakfast held at Redstone
Arsenal, AL, and recorded by Chaplain James Henderson, stationed there.
Pass it on... the press won't.
What Kind Of Man Would Do Such A Thing?
At Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington DC recently the Sergeant
Major of the Army, Jack Tilley, was with a group of people visiting the wounded soldiers. He saw a Special Forces soldier who had lost his right hand and suffered severe wounds of his face and side of his body.
The SMA wanted to honor him and show him respect without offending, but what can you say or do in such a situation that will encourage and uplift?
How do you shake the right hand of a soldier who has none? He decided to
act as though the hand was not missing and gripped the soldiers wrist while
speaking words of comfort and encouragement to him.
But there was another man in that group of visitors who had even brought
his wife with him to visit the wounded who knew exactly what to do. This man
reverently took the soldiers stump of a hand in both of his hands, bowed
at the bedside and prayed for him. When he finished the prayer he stood up, bent over the soldier and kissed him on the head and told him that he loved him. What a powerful expression of love
for one of our wounded heroes! And what a beautiful Christ-like example!
What kind of a man would do such a thing?
It was the wounded man's Commander-in-Chief, George W. Bush; President of
the United States.
This story was told by the SMA at a Soldiers Breakfast held at Redstone
Arsenal, AL, and recorded by Chaplain James Henderson, stationed there.
Pass it on... the press won't.
Posted by: 
/ 9:54 AM
/ 9:54 AM- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -