93God Timefor the day, this final prayer might be done in the shower.
Sometimes I think I listen more when I pray in the shower.
Probably because I know there will be no interruptions.The Impact of God Time
My grandmother- in- law is from Verdun, France. She lived
through the Nazi occupation as a small child and often tells us
stories after Easter dinner. I’m always in awe of the hardships
so many endured and the courage they revealed in the process.
Researcher Philip Hallie wrote about a small village in
France called Le Chambon. During World War II and the
Nazi occupation of France, the people in that simple village
rescued more than three thousand Jews. They were not rela-
tives, friends, or associates. They were simply people who
needed saving. What fascinates me is that as Hallie researched,
he imagined Le Chambon to be a town of brave, daring, and
courageous people. What he discovered upon visiting the town
and interviewing the people was that there was nothing par-
ticularly outstanding about any of them.
The only fact that united them was that Sunday after
Sunday, they went to church and listened to the sermons of
their pastor, André Trocmé. Month after month and year after
year, they learned about what it meant to follow God and do
the right thing. Out of faith and habit, they became an entire
town of people who, when faced with evil, knew what to do
and simply did it.
One villager is quoted by American theologian and United
Methodist Church bishop Dr. William H. Willimon as saying,