You CAN Go...if you REALLY Want to.....

Hey Gang,

This Friday (tommorrow), is Soul Food...bring your bibles! :)

I received a very moving devotion on Tuesday and I forwarded it to many of you. If you didn't read it, here's a portion of it below. If you have read it, read it again because it's deeply moving! It talks about the power of friendship and is part one from a series called "Cultivating Christian Friendships." Wouldn't it be amazing if you could find or even BE the loyal friend who wants to rescue his dying commrade described below?!? Read on......

One could not but be moved by the story of the soldier who asked his officer if he
might go out into the "No Man's Land" between the trenches in World War I to bring in one of his comrades who lay grievously wounded. "You can go," said the officer, "but it's not worth it. Your friend is probably killed, and you will throw your own life away." But the man went. Somehow he managed to get to his friend, hoist him onto his shoulder, and bring him back to the trenches. The two of them tumbled in together and lay in the trench bottom. The officer looked very tenderly on the would-be rescuer, and then he said, "I told you it wouldn't be worth it. Your friend is dead and you are mortally wounded." "It was worth it, though, sir," he said. "How do you mean, 'worth it'? I tell you your friend is dead." "Yes, sir," the boy answered, "but it was worth it, because when I got to him he was still alive, and he said to me, 'Jim, I knew you'd come.'"

You comments on this story?! We'd love to hear them! :)

Kingston