Emphasis Preaching Journal

Never underestimate the importance of a body willing to sacrifice itself for others. After the Allied invasion of Juno Beach in 1944, troops had crossed the seawall and entered villages or crossed fields, but a Canadian platoon was stymied by a barbed wire defense. The explosive devise that was supposed to blow a hole in the barbed wire failed to work. One soldier threw himself on the wire, so that the others could cross over on top of his back. He offered his body as a bridge that provided safe passage through a dangerous obstacle, so that they would continue with their mission.