Dying for a friend - All The Good Seed Daily Devotionals for 2026

Christ died for us.God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Romans 5:8; 1 John 5:11

Dying for a friend
During the Vietnamese war an orphanage was bombed. A small 9-year-old girl was severely injured and lost a lot of blood. The doctor and a nurse urgently sought a donor to save her life. Heng, a ten-year-old boy, volunteered to be the donor. After the necessary tests to check the suitability of his blood the transfusion started immediately. Suddenly Heng started trembling. The nurse asked him if he was in pain. He indicated that he wasn't but started crying at once. The medical team fetched a Vietnamese nurse who spoke to Heng in his mother tongue. She whispered some words in his ear, and he calmed down. The nurse explained to the Americans: "Heng was asking what time he would die; he thought he must give all his blood to save the little girl's life." The doctor was impressed and wondered how the young boy had found the courage to die in order to save the child's life. So the nurse asked him. Heng replied, "Because she is my friend."

This moving, true story illustrates that it was through love towards us that God gave us His only Son Jesus. And it was love that made Jesus willing to die on the cross to save us and give us eternal life. The Bible states specifically: "Greater love has no-one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends" (John 15:13).

Today's reading: Judges 1:16-26 · 2 Corinthians 1:8-14