April 4, 2009

Where is God in pain?

Noted Auschwitz survivor, Elie Wiesel, recounted an experience he had while a prisoner in the notorious death camp.

Wiesel, along with the rest of the camp, were forced to watch the execution of a fellow Jewish prisoner. They watched as the prisoner hung on the gallows, refusing to die, struggling and kicking in the throes of death. In hopeless desperation, an onlooker was heard to say, "Where is God? where is He?"

At that moment, Wiesel recounts, a voice within him spoke to his heart, saying, "Right there on the gallows; where else?"

- Sourced from 'Jesus Among Other Gods' by Ravi Zacharias

1 comment:

James Macpherson said...

Hey Dustan, you should read Weisel's account of his experience in the German concentration camps. The book is called Night and it's an excellent, if harrowing, read. I recommend it.