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 on the 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
soldier's 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 soldier's 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 Of America. This story was told by the SMA at a Soldiers Breakfast held at Red Arsenal, AL, and recorded by Chaplain James Henderson, stationed there.

Praise God for his Grace and Love!!!!

I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith. Romans 1:11-12

John Trevino