Sterling Terrell

recovering economist

The Strongest Force In The World

The Strongest Force In The World

The strongest force in the world might be love.

There is, of course, a good part. But also a bad.

I think I have seen this awful scenario play out before.

Love that is blocked, that is.

It leads to nothing but a bitter life.

For the short time we are here, I hope we all choose to love.

“Corrie.” he began instead, “do you know what hurts so very much? It’s love. Love is the strongest force in the world, and when it is blocked that means pain. “There are two things we can do when this happens. We can kill the love so that it stops hurting. But then of course part of us dies, too. Or, Corrie, we can ask God to open up another route for that love to travel.

–Corrie Ten Boom, The Hiding Place

The Scars Of Tragedy

The Scars Of Tragedy

Night is simply a must-read book.

It highlights the pain and horror of the World War Two concentration camps through the eyes of a teenager.

Most horrible on the survivors are the scars that it leaves.

Every tragedy does that though, doesn’t it?

It scars you, it changes you.

  • Losing your parents at an early age.
  • Losing children.
  • And every unspeakable atrocity imaginable.
  • You are changed forever.

Hopefully though, from pain can come strength.

“NEVER SHALL I FORGET that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed. Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky. Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith forever. Never shall I forget the nocturnal silence that deprived me for all eternity of the desire to live. Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes. Never shall I forget those things, even were I condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never.“

–Elie Wiesel, Night

Sterling Terrell