Near the end of World War II, members of the Allied forces were often found searching farms and houses for snipers. At one abandoned house, which had been reduced to rubble, searchers found their way into the basement. There, on a crumbling wall, a victim of the Holocaust had scratched a Star of David. Beneath it was written the words,
“I believe in the sun, even when it does not shine.
I believe in love, even when it is not shown.
I believe in God, even when He does not speak.”
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Version by Roddy Chestnut:
In a cellar in Cologne, Germany after WWII were found these words on the wall:
“I believe in the sun, even when it is not shining;
I believe in love, even when I feel it not;
I believe in God even when He is silent.”
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Version by David W. Henderson in Discipleship Journal #114, page 53:
Imprisoned in a concentration camp during World War II, a Polish Jew wrote:
“I believe in the sun even when it is not shining.
I believe in love even when I am alone.
I believe in God even when He is silent.”
Silent but not absent. Of such is the stuff of our hope.