Living Beyond The Thunder...

        In The diary of a Young Girl,Anne Frank wrote,
"I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting
of confusion, misery, and death." She understood that hope
originates somewhere beyond our immediate circumstances,
that real hope often stands alone in the darkness.
         How was Anne capable of courage and faith far beyond
her years? She refused to allow the devastation of her times
to shape her view of life. In her words," It's really a wonder
that I haven't dropped all my ideals...Yet I keep them. I hear
the ever-approaching thunder. I can feel the sufferings of
millions and yet, if I look up into the heavens, I think that it
will all come out right."
        Anne did not survive the Holocaust, yet her words live on.
Decades later, thousands have read and been touched by the diary of a young girl facing one of the darkest periods in world history... a girl who chose hope in the midst of hopelessness.
        Life sometimes includes hardship. We have the same choice Anne Frank had: hold on to our ideals or drop them.
When life circumstances sound like" approaching thunder"
remember the simple truth in the life of a young Jewish girl.
Holding tightly to one's ideals no matter the circumstances is a hallmark of character.
        In all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.
{ Romans 8: 28 }

Be strong and take heart,                                    all you who hope in the Lord.
                             Psalm 31: 24

Living Beyond The Thunder