"Night" by Elie Wiesel

Ok...I know it's been an AGE since I posted on here. It helps that I've been in AZ for a month and have been able to reconnect with all of you. I've DEEPLY missed our time together. It is a treasure that none of you should ever take for granted. Trust me on that one...

Anyway, I wanted to share with you something that has touched me. We are all supposed to be reading "Left To Tell" right now. I hope you will...it will leave you changed. I believe that God brought this book to our group right when we needed it. It fits so well with the 'forgiveness, healing, and transformation' that we have been studying.

So, I've been in Flagstaff this week and needed to do some reading. I found myself browsing at Barnes and Noble this week and stumbled upon a book that I have long wanted to read, but often found myself procrastinating on because of the subject. It is called "Night" by Elie Wiesel. In it, he recounts his experience surviving the Holocaust in Auschwitz...not an easy thing to read about. However, while reading it something happened to me. I found myself comparing it to Immaculee's "Left To Tell". And God pierced my heart.

Before Auschwitz, Wiesel was a devout and zealous Jew...and after Auschwitz, he doubted and hated God for His perceived indifference to the suffering going on there. Contrast that to the 'transformation' that took place in Immaculee during her months in that bathroom. She was drawn closer to the heart of God during her experience and was able to FORGIVE her tormentors.

I would highly recommend you all read "Night" following your read of "Left To Tell". It will open your eyes to the POWER that forgiveness, healing and transformation offers.

I love you all.