What would you do? How far would you go?
Give me a minute to explain.
The word “commitment” reminds me of a scene in Lois Lowry’s Number the Stars:
“To protect her Jewish friend, a Christian girl tears from her neck a gold chain bearing a Star of David and clenches it in her fist moments before Nazi soldiers arrive. She clenches it so tightly that, by the time the soldiers have left, an impression of the Star of David is imprinted in her palm.”
A fourth-grade teacher read the book to her class telling Lowry this story. On the day the teacher read that chapter, she had brought into the class a chain and Star of David like the one described in the book. As she read the chapter, she had the students pass the chain around the class. While she was reading, she noticed that each student pressed the star into his or her palm, making an imprint.
That class learned commitment.
Thanks for spending this minute with me, Dr. Mark Eckel.
Mark Eckel (MA English, ThM Old Testament, PhD Social Science Research) is Executive Director of the Center for Biblical Integration, Liberty University.
“Give Me a Minute” is an ongoing effort to simply, clearly, and quickly explain aspects of true Truth.
Gratitude, as always, to my longtime friend, videographer, and tech guru Josh for his continued service.
[From 20 June 2015, 17 July 2018 https://warpandwoof.org/character/ and https://warpandwoof.org/reading-images-imagination-2-min-vid-text/ ]