A Voice

Over the past few weeks I have had a new spark of interest in the holocaust and Jewish people in general. Maybe it is because of watching an Oprah show that had Elie Wiesel on, and talked about his book, Night, or maybe because I am reading a book about parenting using Jewish traditions and teachings. This has made me pick up the book Night and reread it again. I also rented the movie the Pianist again (I almost rented Schindlers List, but I thought I could save that one for later). The shock of what these people went through was as new and cruel as it was the first time that I was introduced to these accounts. I will never know what these individuals went through. I will never understand the minds of those who inflicted a whole human race or why they did it. But I do know that it continues on today in different parts of the world (Sudan, Rwanda).
We as mankind need not to lose a voice in the fight for humanity. God created us above all other creation and yet we kill ourselves. After reading a piece of Elie Wiesel's book where he said that they were throwing cart loads of children and babies into the fire, I went to bed and had very vivid and horrible dreams about being in his footsteps. But it was current and I had my beautiful baby girl. Wiesel said that if a mother didn't let go of their baby that the SS guards would throw the mother into the flames. So, in my dream when it came time for them to take away Sienna I fought for her life, but in exchange my life was taken as well. I woke up in the middle of the night with intense fear and anxiety. I began to pray that God would take this fear away from me. As I thought through it more I began to realize that these innocent Jews couldn't wakeup from the reality they were in. As much as they prayed and shouted out to God, there was no hope insight.
I am sure many wondered where God was in the midst of all of this unspeakable pain. I wonder if I to would start to lose faith and question the God that I have so much hope and trust in now. It made me think what were others around the world doing when they heard that such a thing was happening. Did they doubt it, did they think that others would do something about it, did they have more interest in their own lives, or did they just not care. This has and is still going on in some since around our world today. What are we doing to help? Do we doubt it, think others will do something about, do we care more about our own lives,or do we just not care. We have to let our voices be heard that cruelty against humanity is wrong and against all that God is for. Whether it be killing of innocent people, racism, hatred towards homosexuals, turning your back on the homeless and widows, or not standing up for what is right and good. We have a calling to protect all humanity. What are we going to do about it?