Wednesday, January 24, 2001
Wednesday, January 24, 2001
But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
(Matthew 24:13
NRSV)
Former American hostage Terry Anderson recalls the fall before he was captured. For some
reason he felt drawn to an old church. It was the fall of 1984. Terry and his fiancee, Madeleine,
were visiting her father in Sunderland, England. Terry looked forward to some peace and quiet
from his hectic career as a journalist. He was so dispirited that it took him some days to settle
down even in the pleasant atmosphere of this English hamlet. As he walked through the streets
with Madeleine, inhaling the crisp air, he noticed a church steeple outlined against the pale blue
sky. Terry had been brought up in the church but had drifted far from God and, in his own words,
considered himself an agnostic. That afternoon he wondered why that church had captured his
attention. After a few days he decided to walk over to the church. He opened the heavy oaken
door, stepped in and sat down in a worn pew. Looking up at the altar and cross gleaming in the
shadows, he suddenly had a strong sense of coming home. He knew that was where he belonged.
Terry reaffirmed his faith that day.
Dear God, I know I have gone astray, please bring me home. Amen.
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