Today’s
Thought “70 Years Later…” G. Ward
Afterward Job opened his mouth and cursed the
day of his birth. And Job said, “Let the
day perish on which I was to be born, and the
night which said, A boy is
conceived.” Job 3:1-3
CNN’s Wolf
Blitzer helped produce a most excellent documentary featuring Holocaust
survivors entitled Voices of Auschwitz. I
marvel at the courage of the many Jewish survivors to forgive their persecutors,
particularly when one reported having lost 87 members of her family. The
brutality by the Nazi’s had absolutely no regard to their humanity as they corralled
thousands into gas chambers, ripping parents away from their children. The deplorable
conditions in enduring frigid temperatures while naked for extended periods of
time, while no food or water was considered are vividly depicted in the photos
of emaciated bodies we’ve viewed time after time.
How does man arrive at any stretch in his
imagination of thinking himself as superior in contrast to another,
particularly enough to consider annihilating those he perceives as inferior?
Most assuredly this hatred isn’t inherent.
- We all have the responsibility of greater
stewardship towards obliterating systemic racism by insisting our young
people view such heinous depictions not only with what was one of the
greatest tragedies of modern times (The Holocaust), but also those
genocidal injustices imposed throughout our world in modern times; Bosnia-Herzegovina: 1992-1995 -
200,000 Deaths
Perhaps you’ve
awakened with great complaint (e.g. headaches, common cold, job impropriety,
economic woes, etc.)? I would ask that you re-evaluate why it is that Holy God
allowed you another day and thank Him for His great mercy.
Happy
Thursday!
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