What is Love? It's bringing a dead soldier back to the trenches

The story is told of a soldier who asked his superior officer if he might go out into a dangerous area between the trenches to bring in a seriously wounded comrade.

“‘You can go,’ said the officer, ‘but it’s not worth it. Your friend is probably killed, and you will throw your own life away.’ But the man went. Somehow, he managed to get to his friend, hoist him onto his shoulder, and bring him back to the trenches. The two of them tumbled together and lay in the bottom of a trench. The officer looked very tenderly on the would-be rescuer, and then said, ‘I told you it wouldn’t be worth it. Your friend is dead, and you are wounded.’

“‘It was worth it though, sir.’

“‘How do you mean “worth it”? I tell you, your friend is dead.’

“‘Yes, sir,’ the boy answered, ‘but it was worth it, because when I got to him he said, “I knew you’d come”’” (A Story to Tell, comp. General Board of the Primary Association and Deseret Sunday School Union Board [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1945], p. 28).

All around us are those that are in need of assistance. Sometimes we assist and sometimes we shy away from the opportunity or don't even know the opportunity is there. How faithful are we to those we love? How loyal are we to our friends? How compassionate are we to a stranger? How kind are we to an enemy?

Go after and help those in need. You never know whose angel you are supposed to be.

What is Love? It's bringing a dead soldier back to the trenches.