Saturday, April 15, 2000
Saturday, April 15, 2000
He came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher
who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of
God."
One man fell deathly ill and the Japanese put him in what was called the hothouse to quarantine
him. If you died there, they'd simply burn it down. Once you ended up in the hothouse, there
wasn't much hope for you. So, as this man went into the hothouse, the men in the camp began to
anticipate his death. But at the end of the week, to their surprise, this man walked out of the
hothouse. Sadly, his previously healthy friend was admitted to the hothouse and soon died.
The story behind the story is that this friend, under penalty of death, fed his buddy with some of
his own meager food. At night he again would slip out of his barracks and take his blanket to his
buddy to help him stay warm. His friend lived to tell the tale. As a result the whole camp was
transformed, came to faith, and when the prisoners were freed, the rescuers found a lively
Christian community. All because one person felt God's presence and shared it with others.
(John 3:2
NRSV)
Ernest Gordon tells about his imprisonment during the Second World War. The one good thing
that they had going for them was a buddy system called "The Mucker System" in which buddies
took care of each other.
Dear God, as I feel your presence, may I be intentional about sharing it. Amen.
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