“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13

On this day, December 7th, we many times remember World War II and the attack on Pearl Harbor when so many Sailors died on that horrific day in the Hawaiian Islands. Yet today, as I walked through Liberty Station in San Diego, I discovered a plaque beneath a very large flag naming this small stretch of earth as “Ingram Plaza”. Being a little more than curious I looked up Osmond Ingram and discovered that on October 15, 1917 in World War I, young Osmond had spotted a torpedo headed straight toward his ship. More importantly it was headed right toward the ships depth charges that were lashed to the deck. Rather than running away, Osmond decided to run toward the these ‘water bombs’ and furiously started casting them overboard in an effort to save the ship and his fellow sailors. Osmond did indeed save the ship from sinking, and miraculously was the only soul aboard the ship that day who died when the torpedo hit the hull.

No Greater Love

Jesus gave his life that we all might be saved. Indeed, no greater love.