I recently saw a heart-breaking photo in the newspaper in which a soldier fighting in Afghanistan reads the Bible and lovingly extends a cigarette to another soldier who was stunned by an explosion in that country’s Arghanab Valley. The hurt soldier asked the other to read to him Psalm 91, a favorite from his childhood. The headline, quoting from the psalm, said ”You Will Not Fear…the Arrow that Flies by Day.” Another translation of that line is: ”Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day.” I was very moved by the brotherhood of the two soldiers trying to support one another and by the words of the Psalm that were meaningful to the fallen soldier.
Will this terrifying war never end?
I would like to know what words comfort you when you are in need. Would you share them with us?
