Yom HaShoah is a day of remembrance of the 6 million plus Jews and the many millions more others who were killed during the Holocaust. This year it started last night and ends today. We were just in Boston over the weekend and happened upon the New England Holocaust Memorial while doing the Freedom Trail.

The memorial consists of 6 glass towers that has 6 million numbers etched into the glass representing the tattoos that were placed on the prisoners’ arms. The 6 towers also represents the six main death camps, and at each tower were quotes from survivors about their experiences.

It was gut-wrenching walking through the memorial and reading about the atrocities that were committed. It was such a powerful experience; the creators of the memorial did an amazing job.

Going through the memorial I was reminded of the degree of evil that we as humans are capable of. It was quite fitting that the sermon for church the very next day was on Romans 1:18-32, how our rejection of God and truth has resulted in ever-worsening depravity.

While we are not all as corrupt as we possibly could be, all of us have fallen short of God’s perfect standards. And our sins have permeated and affected all of creation. Praise be to God that He has provided the solution to sin and decay in the death of His son, Jesus Christ.

How have you seen the effects of our sin against God manifest?

The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. Romans 1:18-19

Thanks Christina for taking us to the memorial.