[:en]CHRISTMAS IN CAPTIVITY
Rev. Martin Niemoller, a prominent German pastor spent nearly eight years in Nazi concentration camps because he openly opposed Hitler. On Christmas Eve 1944, Niemoller spoke these words of hope to his fellow prisoners in Dachau: “My dear firends, on this Christmas., let us seek, in the Babe of Bethlehem, the One who came to us in order to bear with us everything that weights heavily upon us… God Himself has built a bridge from Himself to us! A dawn from on high has visited us!” Niemoller shared words of comfort to them in the prison of darkness telling them a great light has dawned.
At Christmas, we embrace the good news that God, in Christ, has come to us wherever we are and has bridged the gap between us. He invades our prison of darkness with His light and lifts the load of sorrow, guilt or loneliness that weights us down.
Jesus has penetrated our dark world with His joy and light. – (David Mccasland)[:]