What kind of a man would do such a thing?
Jack Tilley, a Sergeant Major of the Army, was with a group of people who recently were visiting wounded soldiersat Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, DC. He saw a Special Forces soldier who had lost his right hand andsuffered severe wounds of his face and side of his body.
Sgt. Tilley wanted to honor him and show him respect without offending, but what can you say or do in such asituation 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 ofcomfort and encouragement to him.
However, there was another man in the group who knew exactly what to do. This man reverently took the soldier'sstump of a hand in both of his hands, bowed at the bedside, and prayed for him. When he finished the prayer hestood up, bent over the soldier, kissed him on the head, and told him that he loved him.
Sgt. Tilley was awed by the powerful expression of love for one of our wounded heroes he was witnessing!"What a beautiful Christ-like example!" he thought, moved to tears.
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 eyewitness account was told by Sergeant Major Jack Tilley at a Soldiers Breakfast at Red Stone Arsenal,AL, and recorded by Chaplain James Henderson, who was stationed there.
Pass it on... the American media WON'T!!!May The Lord Bless and Keep You
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Thursday, September 12, 2013
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