[GCFL-discuss] Fw: What Kind of Man Would Do Such a Thing?

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 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 Christlike 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 Red Arsenal,AL,and
recorded by Chaplain James Henderson, stationed there.
Pass it on...the press won't.