Victor Frankl, an Austrian psychiatrist, was arrested by
the German SS during World War II because he was a Jew. He spent years in
concentration camps and survived the harshest conditions. Every day, no matter
how sick, oppressed or terrible his circumstances, he determined to do something
good, to make his life useful by helping others.
It’s hard
to comprehend the pain and suffering he experienced every day. His covenant
with himself was to make every day meaningful so he could go to sleep at night
believing he had been beneficial. This attitude became his bridge for survival.
I often think of Victor Frankl when I
want to complain about how difficult life can be now.
God’s Word
tells us Jesus endured the cross so we could be liberated from the bondage of
sin and personal guilt. A wise thinker put it this way, “The paradox of
liberation is that to preserve freedom and to struggle for it, one must already
have freedom within.” Victor Frankl had that freedom. Jesus provides that freedom
to you.
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