Yad Vashem

Yesterday, I returned from Israel. What an amazing trip! I was a bit disappointed at one point, since I did not get to see much of Jerusalem; change in program of which I was unaware. So no temple, no Mount of Olives, no Gethsemane. But, I did get to see Yad Vashem, the Holocaust museum. It is really hard to put into words how this place impacts one; impacted me. I wish that we'd have more than 2 hours! There was so much to see, hear and read. And to think, that even with all of this evidence, and not just personal testimony of those who endured the pain and suffering at the hand of the Nazis, that there are people in the world who deny that it ever happened!
I wonder, would I have been one of those righteous gentiles who hid and helped Jews during that time? I think I would have been; pray that I would have been. Am I one now? Ony by the grace of God!
At one point, there is a tribute to the 1.5 million children who were murdered. This site has 5 candles, lit perpetually, and mirrors, all in a darkened room. The reflection of these candles makes it seem as if there are really millions of candles; like stars in the dark sky. These lights sort of represent those children who died as well as their children who could never be born; light extinguished way before their time. Truly an amazing sight!
So that it never happens again....