Friday, November 04, 2011

This Present Darkness.

I want to share a link to some pictures.
Pictures of the Holocaust.

Not because they're easy to see, not because they're bright and beautiful.

But because they're real.
This was real.

Because I should not ignore such darkness and be ignorant of that horror that occurred not too long ago.
The suffering, the hatred. . .

The pictures are incredibly graphic.

And I think it is important to see them.
It was for me, at least.

It let me feel the reality of it all.
It punched me so hard that I couldn't even cry.
I wanted to puke.

And it helped me to feel so wrenched that I had to go before God, so wordless, so horrified.
Because we've got to see the darkness, got to see it and hate it, especially what's inside of us,
because it makes us long for the day when all is renewed.

So, here it is.

I encourage you to look through them if you think you should,
take your time,
and pray hard.

1 comment:

Alyssa said...

I am sick to my stomach. Tears are begging to stream down my face.

I've seen all this before. I know all about it.

but every time... The pictures get harder to view, the story more personal.

And I think... What if I was one of them? What if lived back then?

Thank God I wasnt.

But I feel so sick...
discusted.

Worse.

worse than discusted.

i cant even talk...