Oct 19 2020

Great Is To Forgive

In the year of 1944, there came the end of the Second World War. Germany was defeated and surrendered to the Allied forces.
In Russia, all the German soldiers surrendered to Russia Armies. On one occasion, the German prisoners were to be transferred from one camp to another. They had to go through a long street to reach the new camp. On their way, many citizens mostly were women, were standing by the road side, crying and scolding the soldiers, who killed their sons and husbands. The scene was confusing.
But, suddenly an old woman came out and asked the Russian guard for permission to speak to one prisoner and the guard agreed. The old woman spoke no word, but only gave food to the hungry soldier, who was a stranger to her. By such a kindness, the soldier knelt down to thank her silently for her forgiveness. His action spread to other soldiers and all the soldiers, twenty thousand in number, knelt down to the women on the road side. Even some women went home to take food for those hungry soldiers. This was a true scene in one of Russian cities, and also became a big news in the world newspaper.
From here, we can see that to forgive is the best in our life, a teaching from Jesus in the Bile.