Monday, May 28, 2001
Monday, May 28, 2001
But now we are discharged from the law, dead to that which held us captive, so that
we are slaves not under the old written code but in the new life of the Spirit.
"They would twist my body and I would think, 'I can take this much, I know I couldn't take any
more,' and then they would twist me tighter." Often he would be thrown back in his cell with torn
muscles, and he would tell himself, "Well, I lived through that. I know I couldn't take any more."
Somehow he survived the torture.
One day Charles saw a wire appear beneath the bamboo wall of his cell and wiggle as if giving a
signal. He watched the wire for several days before he had enough courage to pull on it. When he
did, he found it came from another prisoner. Using the wire to signal letters of the alphabet, he
began to ask questions. He discovered that two hundred other men were being brutalized just as
he was.
When he was finally freed, Charles was flown to San Francisco, where he quickly tried to call his
wife. He couldn't locate her. Then he called his father, who told him that his wife had left him.
"Come on home, son," said his father. "It's a new day. Let's start fresh." One of God's gifts to us
is new beginnings.
(Romans 7:6
NRSV)
Charles Plumb was a fighter pilot in Vietnam. One day his plane was hit. He landed in enemy
territory and was quickly captured. For the next six years his home was an eight-by-eight foot
cell.
Dear Jesus, thank you for carrying me through my new beginnings. Amen.
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