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    A Prayer for the Hostages in the Dark. And for Us.

    A nephew of one of the released Hamas hostages said his aunt “’had to adjust to the sunlight’ because she had been in darkness for weeks. ‘She was in complete darkness,…completely cut off from the outside world.’” Imagine living in total darkness, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for 7 weeks—50 days for the now-released hostages, 102 days and counting for those still in captivity. Think what you were doing on October 7th.  Now think of erasing all you’ve done since then. All that work, vacation, time with family and friends, church fellowship, football, Thanksgiving, Christmas prep–all those moments you’ve held dear. Imagine instead sitting and sleeping in plastic…