DID YOU SEE THE MEMORIAL SERVICE AT TUSCON LAST EVENING? It was inspiring, uplifting, and encouraging to see our national leaders come together. Would to God, they would always respond to the needs of the masses and work together to solve our national problems.

“We are grateful to Daniel Hernandez, a volunteer in Gabby’s office who ran through the chaos to minister to his boss, tending to her wounds to keep her alive.” Those were the words of President Obama as he hailed Hernandez as a hero. Of course, Hernandez had already denied being a hero. He totally rejected that notion and instead shined the spotlight on those who were killed and wounded. After all, isn’t that the leading trait of a true hero—humility—putting others before oneself.

There’s an old ditty that goes, “It needs more skill than I can tell/to play the second fiddle well.” In a similar vein, Leonard Bernstein was once asked which instrument was the most difficult to play. He thought for a moment and then replied, “The second fiddle. I can get plenty of first violinists, but to find someone who can play the second fiddle with enthusiasm—that’s a problem. And if we have no second fiddle, we have no harmony.”

Lord, give us more Daniel Hernandez’s who display courage of a higher sort, seeking no attention or gain---simply responding to the needs of others as though they mattered more than self.