This week my mom and I watched a movie called 'A Courageous Heart.' It is a powerful true story of a lady who smuggled children out of the ghettos (where Jews were segregated) and hid them within Polish families until the war was over. This lady helped over 3500 children live through this war, she rescued them from being taken to the camps, and she saved their lives.
This movie touched me in a lot of ways. Irena believed that every single person deserved life. No one deserved less food or to be segregated. She also believed that when a person sees injustice it is their responsibility. There is a quote from the movie:
'if you see a man drowning you must try to save him even if you don't know how to swim.'
The worst part of the movie is when they start taking the Jews from the ghetto to the trains that take them to the camps they start by emptying the orphanages. I don't know if this is historically accurate but it is definatly believable. It is how our society runs. Orphans have no one to fight for them. They are unwanted and seen as a burden. Our society does not put value on these precious lives.
Watching the movie of the holocaust left a question echoing in my mind. The Germans are remembered for this awful act of cruelty but what will we be remembered for.
What legacy will our generation leave?
What will we be remembered for?
Will they remember the great things we did for the impoverished? Will we make an impact so that 30000 children won't die everyday due to lack of food and preventable diseases? Will they remember that we took these kids into our families so that they could go back as grown adult to give to their home countries?
Or will we be remembered for our wealth and our greed? Will they remember that we ignored dying people all over the world? Will they remember that we lived happily in our gigantic homes with cars lining the drive way?
What kind of legacy do you want to leave?
What do you want to be remembered for?
This movie touched me in a lot of ways. Irena believed that every single person deserved life. No one deserved less food or to be segregated. She also believed that when a person sees injustice it is their responsibility. There is a quote from the movie:
'if you see a man drowning you must try to save him even if you don't know how to swim.'
The worst part of the movie is when they start taking the Jews from the ghetto to the trains that take them to the camps they start by emptying the orphanages. I don't know if this is historically accurate but it is definatly believable. It is how our society runs. Orphans have no one to fight for them. They are unwanted and seen as a burden. Our society does not put value on these precious lives.
Watching the movie of the holocaust left a question echoing in my mind. The Germans are remembered for this awful act of cruelty but what will we be remembered for.
What legacy will our generation leave?
What will we be remembered for?
Will they remember the great things we did for the impoverished? Will we make an impact so that 30000 children won't die everyday due to lack of food and preventable diseases? Will they remember that we took these kids into our families so that they could go back as grown adult to give to their home countries?
Or will we be remembered for our wealth and our greed? Will they remember that we ignored dying people all over the world? Will they remember that we lived happily in our gigantic homes with cars lining the drive way?
What kind of legacy do you want to leave?
What do you want to be remembered for?
'Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to die; save them as they stagger to their death. Don’t excuse yourself by saying, “Look, we didn’t know. For God understands all hearts, and he sees you. He who guards your soul knows you knew. He will repay all people as their actions deserve.'
Proverbs 24:11-12
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