Love, Wisdom And Integrity Poem by Margaret Alice

In his treatise ‘Why I am not a Christian’ Bertrand Russel
showed Christians in Western countries do not practice
what they preach; but religious persecution in Romania
revealed the true Christian beliefs of real saints, where
suffering led to religious ecstasy - it cannot work in the
same way for us, living in a free society

Wurmbrand’s example teaches that what we believe
will come true; belief in good intentions and integrity,
a benevolent universe and man’s capacity for rational
self-interest will create a society with noble people of
high principles like him; by studying positive examples
we can emulate goodness - by focusing on negativity

We can create a malevolent universe, the power is ours –
we have been taught that outside forces are in control, yet
history shows that individual choices determined what
happened; I love the example set by Wurmbrand, his life
forms a beautiful contrast with the misguided attempts of a
Hitler and Stalin to remake the world, they had

Good intentions, but lacked love, wisdom and integrity…

Richard Wurmbrand “In God’s Underground” edited by
Charles Foley, Garden City Press,1968