During the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln frequently visited the hospitals
and addressed cheering words to the wounded warriors. On one occasion
he found a young soldier whose legs had been amputated, and who was
evidently sinking rapidly.
“Is there
anything I can do for you?” asked Lincoln.
“You might write
a letter to my mother,” was the faint reply.
The President
wrote at the youth's dictation: “My dearest mother: I have been shot
bad, but am bearing up. I tried to do my duty. They tell me I cannot
recover. God bless you and Father; kiss Mary and John for me.”
At the end were
these words as postscript: “Written by Abraham Lincoln.”
When the boy
perused the epistle and saw these added words, he looked with
astonishment at the visitor and asked, “Are you our President?”
“Yes,” was the
quiet answer, “and now that you know that, is there anything else I can
do for you?”
Feebly the lad
said, “I guess you might hold my hand, and see me through.”
So, sitting down
at the bedside, the tall, gaunt man with a kind heart held the soldier's
hand through the livelong night till it grew cold and lifeless.
Is it not a
precious truth that Christ, the greatest of all kings, in our affliction
is afflicted, and that He can be “touched with the feeling of our
infirmities”? *
“For this reason
He had to be made like His brothers in every way, in order that He might
become a merciful and faithful High Priest in service to God, and that
He might make atonement for the sins of the people. Because He Himself
suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being
tempted.” – Hebrews 2:17-18
In the
words of a familiar song by Johnson Oatman, Jr.:
No
friend like Him is so high and holy,
No, not one! no, not one!
And yet no friend is so meek and lowly,
No, not one! No, not one!
Jesus knows all about our struggles;
He will guide ’til the day is done:
There’s not a Friend like the lowly Jesus:
No, not one! No, not one!
Jesus
knows all about our struggles, and He cares. He cares so much that He
gave His life so that we might be released from our greatest malady:
sin. “In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of
sins, according to the riches of His grace” (Ephesians 1:7).
God
will save and give eternal life to those who place their
faith
and trust in Jesus (acts
16:30-31), turn from their sins in
repentance
(Acts 17:30-31),
confess
Jesus before men (Romans
10:9-10), and are
baptized
(immersed) into Christ for
the forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:38). He will continue to cleanse from
sins those who continue to walk in the light of His Word (1 John 1:7).
What
can He do for you? He can identify with you and He can save your soul.
And He will, if you will only trust and obey Him.
Won’t
YOU?
--
David A. Sargent
* “Compassion” in
www.moreillustrations.com
David A. Sargent,
Minister
Church of Christ at Creekwood
1901 Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
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