The value of 'nothing'

 "The Communists had taken our families, houses, furniture, libraries and churches. They hade taken our clothing. They had even taken away our names and given us a number. We had nothing, so in this half-dark prison cell we began to think about the value of 'nothing'. We all loved this world, with its beautiful multicolored butterflies, chirping birds, scented flowers and laughing children. Then we recalled what God had used to make this beautiful world: He created it out of nothing. I believe that persecuted Christians can help us much more than we can help them. We can help them with a few coins or big checks. They can help us realize that value of 'nothing', the detachment from things of this world and attachment to our heavenly bridegoom."

(VOM founder Richard Wurmbrand writes of his imprisonment in Communist Romania) 

VOM: the Voice of the Martyrs

(Photo: KL, 6.10.2025)

Ex nihilo through Jesus Christ (John 1:3).