[Glad Tidings, (Mechanicsville, VA: Cold HarborRoad Church of Christ) Vol. 8, No. 1, July 2000, p. 4.] In a bulletin I was reading, there was a single sentence given as “A Point to Ponder.” It worked — see for yourself: If your son died saving your neighbor from a fire, how would you feel if the neighbor skipped the funeral and went fishing? These words speak of a tragedy beyond description. We love our children, and desire to keep them safe from harm. How horrible it would be to lose a child! Yet, this quote takes it further than that. Our child is killed in saving the life of another, and that person thinks so little of that selfless act that he does not even take the time to pause in memory of the one who died for him. He goes fishing (or had company, or was working on his house, or just wanted to sleep in) instead of going to the funeral. As parents, we would be furious! Our child lies dead and the person he saved does not care enough to come to the funeral! We can easily see where this is headed. Some of the most moving passages of the New Testament remind us that God is in the position of a loving parent whose child died to save others. John 3:16 and Romans 5:8 both help us to see that great sacrifice of a loving Father who gave his Son that we might live. Jesus willingly went to