Five years ago, my youngest daughter spent a year teaching in southern China. My husband Steve and I went to visit her, and we all took a side trip to Vietnam. While there, we went on a tour through “Hanoi Hilton”–the prison where John McCain was held as a POW for 5+ years.
Over the weekend, I watched some news shows about McCain’s dramatic life. I have a tremendous respect for him, largely because he endured that POW experience. After seeing Hanoi Hilton first hand, up close and personal, I don’t know how he did it. It was haunting.
Whenever someone tosses out the question of how could a good God let evil happen in this world, I want to flip that question around. Why do we underestimate the power of evil?
Places like Dachau, Auschwitz, Hanoi Hilton–they are but a taste of the Enemy at work in this world.
And then flip it around one more time, to rest your soul on this truth: “Greater is He who is in me than he who is in the world” (1 John 4:4).
It is very difficult to acknowledge the evil in mankind while we go about our daily lives. Through technology today we can see the terror and evil whether it be Auschwitz, war, killing and crime on the streets that seem to happen daily, and on and on.
I loved your last sentence: “Greater is He who is in me than he who is in the world” (1 John 4:4).
Thank you, Loretta, for sharing your thoughts. Warmly, Suzanne
Thank you for sharing. Having known a couple men who were POW’s in WWII it’s amazing their strength, determination, faith to endure what they did. John McCain was a man I admired and had tears hearing his own voice talking and the different tributes.
So thankful we have God to lean upon and the promise you quoted from IJohn 4:4.
Blessings, Suzanne.
I had tears, too, Marilyn. What those men weathered… I echo your thoughts…thankful we have God to lean upon. Warmly, Suzanne