A Suppressed Hope – Bible study

As Vice President, George Bush represented the United States at the funeral of former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Bush was deeply moved by a silent protest carried out by Brezhnevs widow.

She stood motionless by her husbands coffin until seconds before it was closed. Then, just as the soldiers touched the lid, she performed an act of great courage and hope, a gesture that must surely rank as one of the most profound acts of civil disobedience ever committed.

She reached down and made the sign of the cross on her husbands chest.

There in the citadel of secular, atheistic power, the wife of the man who had run it all, hoped that her husband was wrong. She hoped that there was another life, and that other life was best represented by Jesus who died on the cross, and that the same Jesus might yet have mercy on her husband.

Christianity Today

Brethren, the above story testifies to the influence of Christianity throughout our world (1 Thessalonians 1). On this Veterans Day, let us keep the light of Gods word shining brightly in our lives, influencing others, glorifying our heavenly Father (Psalm 119:105; Matthew 5:14-16; cf. Isaiah 43:7).