Psalm 139:15-16
In preparing to teach about the War Between the States to my home schooled daughter, I came across this very interesting story of God's providence.
Arthur MacArthur was a young captain in the Union Army serving with Ulysses S. Grant. In the Battle of Missionary Ridge, overlooking Chattanooga, Arthur leads a group of soldiers from the 24th Wisconsin in a feint attack, hoping to draw defenders from another part of the battle line where the main attack would take place.
Without direct orders, Arthur ends up leading over 60 units to the top of the ridge, far beyond the intended purpose of their attack. The fighting is vicious, often hand to hand. Three times, Arthur's flag bearer is decapitated during the attack. Arthur personally takes the 24th Wisconsin's standard and stands bravely at the crest of the ridge, at great personal peril, to encourage Union troops. The ridge is carried in a great Union victory that day. But in the course of the battle, Arthur is shot in the chest, surely a fatal wound.
Providentially, not coincidentally, the bullet strikes a wad of papers tucked in Arthur's pocket leaving him only bruised. Why is this so important? Arthur was certainly a brave soldier, but only serious historians remember him for his actions in the war. God, on the other hand, had great plans for Arthur.
You see, Arthur marries after the war and is father is a son, Douglas … General Douglas MacArthur, a crucial leader in the American Army during World War II.
Psalm 139:15-16 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
God knew the role that Douglas MacArthur would play in combating evil in southeast Asia in the 1940s and 1950s, all made possible because of the placement of a wad of papers in a soldier's pocket one November afternoon in 1863.
Mark
Arthur MacArthur was a young captain in the Union Army serving with Ulysses S. Grant. In the Battle of Missionary Ridge, overlooking Chattanooga, Arthur leads a group of soldiers from the 24th Wisconsin in a feint attack, hoping to draw defenders from another part of the battle line where the main attack would take place.
Without direct orders, Arthur ends up leading over 60 units to the top of the ridge, far beyond the intended purpose of their attack. The fighting is vicious, often hand to hand. Three times, Arthur's flag bearer is decapitated during the attack. Arthur personally takes the 24th Wisconsin's standard and stands bravely at the crest of the ridge, at great personal peril, to encourage Union troops. The ridge is carried in a great Union victory that day. But in the course of the battle, Arthur is shot in the chest, surely a fatal wound.
Providentially, not coincidentally, the bullet strikes a wad of papers tucked in Arthur's pocket leaving him only bruised. Why is this so important? Arthur was certainly a brave soldier, but only serious historians remember him for his actions in the war. God, on the other hand, had great plans for Arthur.
You see, Arthur marries after the war and is father is a son, Douglas … General Douglas MacArthur, a crucial leader in the American Army during World War II.
Psalm 139:15-16 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
God knew the role that Douglas MacArthur would play in combating evil in southeast Asia in the 1940s and 1950s, all made possible because of the placement of a wad of papers in a soldier's pocket one November afternoon in 1863.
Mark
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