Wednesday, July 7, 2004
Wednesday, July 7, 2004
I have a hope in God—a hope that they themselves also accept—that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.
(Acts 24.15
NRSV)
Weir, in his book HOSTAGE BOUND, HOSTAGE FREE, relates how a glimpse of the Creator sustained him through imprisonment. One day, when taken to the bathroom, Weir discovered that by standing on the toilet he could look out the window. Radiant in the morning sun was the Bekkaa Valley and its fertile green pastures, beyond which was a display of snow-covered mountains. The inspiration received from looking out that window, Weir described with these words: "That sight, and the memory of it throughout the day, spoke to me of the grandeur of the Creator and his good intentions for the world and its people. This gave me hope and a sense of harmony." It was forbidden to look out the window, and soon his captors caught him. To prevent this from ever happening again, Weir's chain was made significantly shorter, but the memory and hope of that scene continued to live on in his soul. That memory, like an angel from God, sustained him in his hour of need.
Life can be hard, but God gives us glimpses of hope.
Dear God, thank you for giving me hope in Jesus Christ. Amen.
