"I could have done more"

Irena Sendler was a polish woman who saved more than 2500 children during the holocaust. Knowing that she was doing the right thing, she smuggled children out of a city where jewish families were taken to death camps. She could not take the rest of the family, so she kept a record of the names of the children so that after the war they might be reunited with their families.

When she was eventually caught and tortured, she refused to give up the names the children. Her body was broken, leaving her with scares she would bare for the rest of her life. Finally, after friends bribed a guard she was released. She went right back to her work of saving children.

In 2005 Sendler reflected: "We who were rescuing children are not some kind of heroes. … The opposite is true - I continue to have qualms of conscience that I did so little. I could have done more."

Sendler died on Monday. She was 98.

Have you ever wondered?

Today i watched a presentation by a member of the Jews for Jesus organisation. Jews for Jesus is a group of Jewish people who have come to believe that Jesus is the messiah the Jews have been waiting for. Their mission is to share this belief with other Jews.

The speaker was from Israel. He wasn't very old, he was a bit nervous, but he did a great job of explain the passover service in the context of Christ.

As i watched this young Israeli man speak to a group of Seventh-day Adventist Christians i began to wonder what it would be like to be of a religion and find truth in another. What must it be like for a Jew to hear that the Christian belief in Jesus is also your salvation. The difficulty they must have with that must be immense.

Today i wondered if there was truth in other religions that i cut out because it didn't fit into my understanding of Christianity....

Super Relgious groups

Yesterday i met, via phone, my speaker for 28 March. (if your going to be in the area, you must come!) Gabi is a member of Jews for Jesus. Jews for Jesus is a religous group of Jews who have come to realise that Jesus is the Saviour that they have been waiting for.

I am a Seventh-day Adventist. Next to a Jewish person, we appear to be very similar. We see Sabbath as sun-down friday to sun-down saturday. We both refrain from eating 'unclean' foods such as Pork. We both believe that Jesus was and is the Christ, our Salvation from sin.

So why don't we merge together, form a super religous group? umm...actually i think there is enough super religous groups out there. so maybe we'll just skip that thought.

There is so much i love about the Jewish tradition, though. i love the way Passover is celebrated. i love all the symbolism and flair that each food group is given. i love the different feasts, there seems to be so much celebration in Biblical Judaism.

I think that is why i'm so excited about Gabi coming to visit. He is speaking about Jesus in the Passover service. I am looking forward to seeing again how Jesus is pointed to in Passover. If your in the area, come and see for yourself!