[Apologetics] What kind of man?

[Stuart D. Gathman]

A personal story which reveals personal character, if true.  Source at
end.

At Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C. 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 Sergeant Major of
the Army 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?

There was a man in that group of visitors who had his wife with him to visit
the wounded. He seemed to know exactly what to do. This man reverently took the
soldiers stump of a hand in both of his hands, knelt 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.

A powerful expression of love and Christian example, for one of our wounded
heroes.  What kind of a man would do such a thing? The wounded man's
Commander-in-Chief, George W. Bush; President of the U.S.A

This story was told by the Sergeant Major of the Army, at a Soldiers' Breakfast
held at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, and recorded by Chaplain James Henderson
stationed there.

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I tracked this story down to 

http://dagney007.blogspot.com/2004_10_01_dagney007_archive.html

It is attributed to a note from the blogsters sister in law.

Search for "kind of man" on the archive page above.  The comments bring out
some nuances related to military protocol.

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	      Stuart D. Gathman <stuart at bmsi.com>
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