The Power of Hope

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“But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him,
    on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,” Psalm 33:18 NIV

The following is a true story about a man who did exactly that!

In February 1945, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was arrested for writing comments in private letters to a friend about Joseph Stalin. He was sentenced to eight years in the labor camps of the Gulag.

Forced to work 12-hour days at hard labor while existing on a starvation diet, he became gravely ill, and the doctor warned he would die.

One afternoon, he stopped working. Even though he knew the guards would beat him severely, he just could not go on any longer.

At that moment, a prisoner, also a follower of Christ, approached him. He had a cane in his hand, and with his cane, he drew a cross in the sand. Solzhenitsyn said when he saw that cross, he remembered the anguish his Savior had taken on for him; and he realized that the cross was where the battle was ultimately won. He got up, went back to work, and survived.

He went on to become a celebrated author and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970.

I am greatly inspired when I read about other Christians who trusted in Jesus and overcame great adversity. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is one of them!

In His Love, Cindy

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“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you.”

Psalm 122:6

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