Story and Quote of the day: Arm yourself with faith
On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee put on his finest dress uniform, mounted Traveller, and rode away from his tired and tattered troops to Appomattox, where he would surrender his beaten army to General Ulysses S. Grant. As Lee rode to meet his conqeror, he fully expected that his men would be herded like cattle into railroad cars and taken to a Union prison and that he, as their general, would be tried and executed as a disgraced traitor.
In the tidy living room of the home where the vanquished and the victor met, Lee asked Grant what his terms of surrender were to be. Grant told Lee that his men were free to take their horses with them and go back to their little farms and that Lee too was free to go home and create a new life. Lee offered Grant his sword; Grant refused it. Lee heaved a sigh; he came expecting to be humiliated, and left with dignity and honor. As he watched General Lee mount Traveller and ride back to his troops, Grant took off his hat and saluted his defeated enemy. It was a gracious grace. And it deeply affected the defeated general: as long as he lived, Lee allowed no critical work of Grant to be spoken in his presence—Lewis B. Smedes
Bible verse of the day: Ecclesiastes 10:12
“The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool shall swallow him up;”
Prayer:
Dear Heavenly Father,
Today I arm myself with faith. When my heart is tested, I pray that I can meet the situation as Your Son would and that His example would live in my life each and every day. I thank You for this day!
In Jesus Name I pray,
Amen
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