The Story Of Immacule'e Ilibagiza And The Pillar Of Light. Poem by Dr. Antony Theodore

During the Rwandan genocide in 1994, she and seven other women were forced to hide and huddle silently together in a cramped bathroom two feet by four feet.
It was horrendous experience of helplessness.
They were vulnerable. But they trusted that God was so close to them. Her faith in God sustained her. It was a faith that felt the light when the night was so dark.
Immacule'e wrote: " I literally felt the fear pumping through my veins, and my blood was on fire. I struggled to form an image of God in my mind.
I imagined two pillars of brilliant white light burning in front of me like two giant legs. I wrapped my arms around the legs, like a frightened child clinging to her mother. I begged God to fill me with his light and strength, to cast out the dark energy from my heart. I am holding to you my God, and I do not doubt that you can save me. I will not let go of you until you send the killers away.
She became the hope of her six companions. She became a source of light in her tremendous faith in God and the killers went away.