WHILE IN CAPTIVITY
Ben Weir writes of his spiritual disciplines while a hostage in the Near East in his book, Hostage Bound, Hostage Free: I awoke refreshed by my nap. What other gifts would God show me in addition to sleep, a blanket, a calendar, and a spirit of resistance and survival? Once again I lifted my blindfold and began examining the room. What was there here that could bring me close to the sustaining presence of God? I let my imagination have total freedom to see what might come to mind. Looking up, I examined an electric wire hanging from the ceiling. The bulb and socket had been removed, so that it ended in an arc with three wires exposed. To me, those wires seemed like three fingers. I could see a hand and an arm reaching downward — like the Sistine Chapel in Rome, Michelangelo’s fresco of God reaching out his hand and finger toward Adam, creating the first living human being.…
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