Our Great, Compassionate Leader

[Don't blame me: I voted for the other, other guy.]

A story worth sharing...

An unreported story worth sharing... At a recent Soldiers Breakfast held at
Redstone Arsenal, AL, Sergeant Major of the Army Jack Tilley shared the
following story. (The vignette was captured by James Henderson, Association
of the U.S. Army Redstone Huntsville Chapter Chaplain. Please distribute far
and wide...it is worth sharing!!) He (SMA Jack Tilley) described one such
recent visit to our wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Medical Center in
Washington that I (Chaplain Henderson) will never forget.

"The Special Forces soldier had lost his right hand and suffered severe
wounds of his face and side of his body. As SMA Tilley described, how do you
honor such a soldier, showing respect without offending?

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 just lost his? Finally he
told how he acted as though the man had a hand, taking his wrist as though
it were his hand and speaking encouragement to him.

But he said 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 this soldier's stump of a hand in both of his
hands, bowed at the bedside and prayed for him. When he stood from praying
he bent over and kissed the man on the head and told him he loved him. 

What a powerful expression of love for one our wounded heroes! And what a
beautiful Christ-like example! What kind of man would kneel in such humility
and submission to the Living God of the Bible?

It was George W. Bush, President of the United States and Commander in Chief
of our Armed forces, a man who understands and follows his chain of command,
a leader God has given us.
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