The following prayer was found amongst the personal belongings of a Jew who died in a concentration camp:
Lord, when you come in Your glory, do not remember only the men of good, but remember too the men of evil.
And on the Day of Judgement, do not remember only the acts of cruelty, inhumanity and violence that they carried out,
but remember too the fruits that they produced in us because of what they did to us.
Remember the patience, courage, brotherly love, humility, generosity of spirit and faithfulness
that our executioners awoke in our souls.
And then, Lord, may those fruits be used to save the souls of those men of evil.
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What a beautiful reminder.
This person who was hunted, tortured and killed but managed to forgive and pray for his executioners. This is humbling and made me ashamed of myself. Thank you for the reminder.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I had to put it here to remind myself - so often I can't even forgive the person who annoys me... :x
Deleteoh Heather, you're just soooo super! I look up to you so much you know? You've got such an amazing personality and i love reading your views on life...and NO it's not coz you complimented me or anything; you really are an amazing person; mum and i talk about you and how we love you a lot!
ReplyDeleteany chance of you coming back to Shanghai for a visit? the next time i get to meet u in person, i'm sure we'll talk endlessly about this crazy crazy city! on most days i love it, but some days...i just want to be home, away from all the madness :[
AND HOW DID YOU FIND A SUCH A GOOD MAN OUT OF 23MILLION PEOPLE, IN A CITY FILLED WITH SUPER ARROGANT SLEAZY MEN!??! lol...
just exaggerating (though it is sorta true!), there are some nice guys here but not a lot la. hahah
oh yi :)) you sweet, sweet girl! Wouldn't it be a dream for us to, like, be in SH, with our mums, walking around fuxing zhong lu, after a nice dinner at xin-xiang-hui? After soooooo many years, THAT would be a hoot, wouldn't it? :))
DeleteI'd loveeee to go back to SH for a visit one day. I miss (all the good bits abt that craaaaazy city) but I so know what you mean abt loving it, and then, and some days, going ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! I KILLL YOUUUUUUUUU!!! And the guys... hahahaha. I know, I know! I NEVER ever ever ever imagined I'd find the man I'd want to spend the rest of my life with in that city!
:)) keep doing what ur doing. You have no idea what an inspiration you are!!!!
FUXING ZHONG LU! XIN XIANG HUI!!! HAHAH i know all these places *high fives*
ReplyDeleteoh that'd be super awesome if we could be there with our mums! we'd be laughing at the same things, and get stared at by curious Shanghainese onlookers haha
I don't think i'll see you over cny in kk will i? heard u were back in kk just recently! hopefully i'll get to see u sometime this year!
x