During World War II an American and a Japanese soldier met in the jungle somewhere in the Pacific. Covering him with his gun, the Japanese ordered the American to march forward.
As he obeyed the command the young Marine recited the 23rd Psalm:... “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me...” Then he whistled a hymn tune, after which he sang a hymn.
Presently the Japanese stepped forward and began to walk alongside the young American. He joined in the singing of some hymns. Later they both knelt in the mud in the jungle and prayed together.
After that the two went their separate ways—one went back to the American lines, and the other to the Japanese.
These two soldiers found out that they were brothers in Christ. They had sweet fellowship together and in their hearts was a love for each other that rose above the hate men display in times of war.
ML-01/21/1979