SHOW ME THE FAITH
Author Unknown

During the Korean War, a South Korean civilian was arrested by the communists and sentenced to execution. When the young communist leader learned that the prisoner in his charge was the head of an orphanage caring for young children, he decided to spare him. But he ordered that the man's son be executed in his place. The nineteen-year-old boy was shot in the presence of his father.

After the war, the United Nations captured the young communist leader. He was tried for his war crimes and condemned to death. But before the sentence could be carried out, the Christian whose son had been killed pleaded for the life of the killer. He argued that the communist had been young when he ordered the execution and that he really didn't know what he was doing. "Give him to me," the man requested, "and I will train him."

The United Nations forces granted the unusual request, and the father took the murderer of his son into his own home and cared for him. The young communist eventually became a Christian pastor.

"Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do." (James 2:18)