Corrie Ten Boom on the "Goodness of God"











If my wife and I would have ever had a girl (We have three wonderful sons) we would have named her Corrie, after Corrie Ten Boom, a Dutch Christian who for the first 50 years of her life toiled in obscurity, working with her family in her fathers watch shop.

Her life like millions of others was disrupted by the maniacal desire for World domination by Adolph Hitler. Corries family, provided safe sanctuary for Jewish people who were literally running for their lives.

In their home they had a secret room...a hiding place. Sadly their compassion and concern was discovered by the Nazis who imprisoned the entire family...Corrie and her sister Betsie were sent to the Ravensbrook Concentration Camp.

Between 1939 and 1945, over 130,000 female prisoners passed through the Ravensbrook camp system; only 40,000 survived.
Betsie and Corrie faced unrelenting brutality.

Betsie died there
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Their deep and abiding Christian faith, sustained them, even during the darkest of moments. Corrie was released from the camp because of a clerical error (Think Miracle) and spent the balance of her life telling people...

"There is no pit so deep, that God's love is not deeper still"

Corries perspective on the goodness of God reveals the hope we all can have....no matter the circumstance:

Often I have heard people say, "How good God is! We prayed that it would not rain for our church picnic, and look at the lovely weather!'" Yes, God is good when He sends good weather. But God was also good when He allowed my sister, Betsie, to starve to death before my eyes in a German concentration camp!

I remember one occasion when I was very discouraged there. Everything around us was dark, and there was darkness in my heart. I remember telling Betsie that I thought God had forgotten us.

"No, Corrie," said Betsie, "He has not forgotten us. Remember His Word: 'For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His steadfast love toward those who fear Him.'"

Corrie concludes, "There is an ocean of God's love available--there is plenty for everyone. May God grant you never to doubt that victorious love--whatever the circumstances."

May this song remind you of God's nearness always...no matter what you are facing just now! Remember...He is your "Hiding Place"

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