Her faith also helps her forgive those who tortured her and to help her find a place of refuge in Christ when life is at it’s worst. She has faith and shares the medicine with the many people that need it and it doesn’t run out until they get more. “Oh, this was the great ploy of Satan in that kingdom of his: to display such blatant evil that one could almost believe one’s own secret sins didn’t matter.” – pg 208 When she is tempted to hoard her medicine instead of sharing, she says this:
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Later, they find out that they have rest from the strict rules and abuse from the guards because they won’t go in the barracks which are full of fleas. Corrie is sure that her sister is wrong that there is anything to be grateful for with fleas. When Corrie and her sister first come to the concentration camp, her sister has them pray and give thanks for everything they have – even the fleas. When the time comes that some of us will have to die, you will look into your heart and find the strength you need – just in time.” – pg 33 “Our wise Father in heaven knows when we’re going to need things, too. Yes, truly horrible things happen in this story but she does a beautiful job of showing how we can overcome it. It’s more about rising above the evil around us. Even though it’s set in a concentration camp, I found it inspiring and uplifting instead of depressing and sad. I read a lot of World War II books last year, but this one was a little different. For their help, all but Corrie found death in a concentration camp. However, with the Nazi invasion and occupation of Holland, a story did ensue.Ĭorrie ten Boom and her family became leaders in the Dutch Underground, hiding Jewish people in their home in a specially built room and aiding their escape from the Nazis. Their uneventful days, as regulated as their own watches, revolved around their abiding love for one another. She was an old-maid watchmaker living contentedly with her spinster sister and their elderly father in the tiny Dutch house over their shop. For the first fifty years of her life nothing at all out of the ordinary had ever happened to her. The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten BoomĪt one time Corrie ten Boom would have laughed at the idea that there would ever be a story to tell.
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