Should we, then, have been surprised at the number of people who stopped and offered a word of appreciation to the Salvos? Or amazed at the many nearby who engaged us in a friendly chat? Certainly not!
The high regard with which the Army is held by the public of Australia is so evident.
Is this because they know we care?
Is this because they trust us to be "people of action"?
Is this because they value the work we do?
Perhaps it is! But I hope and pray that it is more a reflection of the fact that we demonstrate the love of God in action as we serve suffering humanity offering Christian understanding and hope.
Consider this ~ Uniform itself isn't the witness, it is always the one who wears it!
2 Corinthians 3:2 (MSG) ~ "Your very lives are a letter that anyone can read by just looking at you. Christ himself wrote it ~ not with ink, but with God's living Spirit; not chiseled into stone, but carved into human lives ~ and we publish it."
