Corrie Ten Boom was a Jew that worked with the underground resistance against Hilter. 6 million died. Corrie, her dad Caspar and sister, BETSY were arrested. They were taken into captivity by the Germans in the Jewish Death Camps. Corrie and her sister were captives. In her book THE HIDING PLACE, Corrie tells about her captivity and the death of her family members. Corrie tells that her sister, Betsy and her was in a dormitory with hundreds of other ladies. They were forced to work. Corrie had a Bible she had smuggled in and she would read to the other ladies. LICE INFESTED THEIR DORM. THE LICE INFESTION was horrible. God answered Corrie’s prayers. Corrie and Betsy prayed God to kill the LICE. The LICE INFESTION grew worse. Later Corrie and Betsy learned that the German soldiers visited and raped the women in dorms, but the lice kept them out of their dorm. The German soldiers would not come near their dorm because of the LICE INFESTATION. God used the lice to protect the women. The women were known by numbers. Corrie was known as 66730.

Betsy died in the concentration camp. One day Corrie Ten Boom heard her name called over of the public address system. She almost missed it as she was known as 66730. There was a clerical mistake that allowed CORRIE TEN BOOM TO ESCAPE THE DEATH CAMP. Corrie wrote THE HIDING PLACE and she traveled with the Billy Graham Crusade and shared her story.

LATER CORRIE WROTE:

SOMETIMES WE ASK GOD FOR BLESSINGS, BUT HE ANSWERS IN WAYS WE DON’T EXPECT.

INSTEAD OF GIVING US WHAT WE WANT, HE GIVES US WHAT WE NEED

TO GROW, LEARN AND FULFIL HIS PURPOSE IN OUR LIVES.

WHEN WE ASK FOR STRENGTH, GOD MAY GIVE US CHALLENGES

TO BUILD OUR FAITH AND RESILIENCE.

WHEN WE ASK FOR STRENGTH, GOD MAY GIVE US CHALLENGES.

WHEN WE ASK FOR WISDOM, HE PROVIDES PROBLEMS

THAT TEACH US DISCERNMENT.

WHEN WE ASK FOR COURAGE, HE LEADS US THROUGH

TRIALS THAT GROW OUR BOLDNESS.

LOVE GROWS WHEN WE CARE FOR OTHERS IN NEED,

AND PATIENCE FORMS IN MOMENTS OF WAITING.

PROSPERITY AND FAVOR COME WRAPPED IN OPPORTUNITIES

THAT REQUIRE EFFORT AND TRUST.

GOD’S ANSWERS AREN’T ALWAYS WHAT WE EXPECTED

BUT THEY ARE ALWAYS PERFECT,

WORKING TOGETHER FOR OUR GOOD AND HIS GLORY.

LET US TRUST HIS POWERFUL WAYS AND EMBRACE

THE BLESSINGS HIDDEN IN LIFE’S CHALLENGES.

YOUR PRAYERS ARE BEING ANSWERED IN HIS PERFECT WISDOM AND LOVE!

CAN WE HEAR GOD’S INVITATION TO COME INTO CLOSER?