An emperor won several
wars and conquered the neighbouring nations one by one, expanding his empire
after every war. He had a baby boy, who was the heir to his throne. The emperor
wanted his son to grow up as a fearless fighter and win wars to extend the
borders of his empire further. He tried to instil into the infant the spirit of
a valiant warrior.
Immediately after a
successful war, he carried his only son along with him on his horse to the
battlefield. He hoped to familiarize and intoxicate the child with the smell of
fresh blood that filled the field. They could see the bodies of hundreds of
soldiers lying dead or dying from serious wounds all around the battlefield. As
he sped his horse victoriously, a dying soldier of the defeated country used
all his remaining strength to shoot an arrow at the emperor. The unexpected
arrow pierced the prince's heart and killed him on the spot. The emperor
embraced his only son and cried aloud in agony.
Sir Winston Churchill once
remarked, "In war, it does not matter who is right (ie. correct), but who is left (ie. not killed)!" In the war of 1861, a supporter told
Abraham Lincoln that he hoped the Lord would be on their side. Lincoln replied,
" I am not at all concerned about that; but it is my constant anxiety and
prayer that I and this Nation should be on
the Lord's side."
When the armed men
approached Jesus to arrest Him in the Garden of Gethsemane, St. Peter, the
Chief of His Disciples drew his sword and struck at one of them, cutting off
his ear. Jesus said to him, "Put
your sword back in its place. All who take the sword will die by the
sword."
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© By Dr. Babu Philip, Professor, Cochin University
of Science & Technology, Fine Arts Avenue, Kochi-682016, Kerala, India, Prof. Mrs. Rajamma Babu, Former Professor, St. Dominic's
College, Kanjirappally and Leo. S. John and Neil John, Maniparambil,
Ooriyakunnath, Kunnumbhagom, Kanjirappally, Kottayam-686507, Kerala, India.
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