We’ve been talking about dangerous women. . . and I can’t think of one more dangerous. . . one more full of risk. . . one more damaging to the kingdom of darkness. . . than Corrie Ten Boom. If you haven’t read her story, I found a brief synopsis on http://chi.gospelcom.net/DAILYF/2001/02/daily-02-28-2001.shtml or read her story recorded in “The Hiding Place.”
And, I found an amazing up-close-and-personal video of her hiding place. Take a moment and listen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLnfRt03rkU&feature=related
Corrie’s story is one I have read over and over again, yet each time I glean even more truth. More courage. More strength for the journey. How did she endure the severity of the concentration camps?
How in the world did she keep going? I remind myself that I wince at the least bit of discomfort,
which in thiscountry is mild. I need her story. I need her words to keep me going.
That is why I value the power of biography so highly.
And then I found a short clip of Ballet Magnificat performing “The Hiding Place.”
Lord, have mercy. Seeing their interpretation of her story, using the powerful force of movement,
reminded me of my great love of dance. Aching with the desire to jump into the video and
take part in their presentation, I soaked in the beauty of each step. I pray you feel it as well.
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As I shut this down and turn in for the night, I pray that we all remember this dangerous woman, Corrie Ten Boom, who endured more than I can even fathom. In Tramp for the Lord, she writes, “Faith is like radar that sees through the fog—the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot see.” Wow. May God help us have that kind of faith. Faith that sees through the fog. Faith that sees what the human eye cannot see. I need that. Let’s pray:
Lord, thank you for the life of Corrie Ten Boom.
When I consider her situation, I am humbled.
I am filled with hope, because I know that
you are same God to me. Corrie read that same Bible
that I read every day. Every morning, at 8:15 a.m., she
listened to her Daddy read from the big family Bible.
I can’t help but imagine that the words she heard, day after day,
were the words that served as her anchor. Her lifeline. Her daily bread.
You, O Lord, are our Daily Bread. May we hunger after You.
Amen.
I have been up all night with praying a plenty. As I pray for one thing, it leads to another….I call it a soul walk. When I bemoan a circumstance or wonder why God allows or disallows an event, I am shaken into reality like being thrown into the coldest icy sea when I think of Corrie Ten Boom. Eternity was set in her heart. Her perspective came through new eyes with a heavenly view. Unparalleled faith and endurance, is it no wonder that God gave her so much power. That kind of raw grace only comes from above and cannot be drawn of any human effort.
“No pit is so deep, that God’s love is not deeper still.” Her words speak from the heavenly hiding place.
I am hiding in the Cleft of the Rock these days myself.
xxoo S
Oh, dear friend. Up all night? What is it this summer? I have had more restless nights, even up one night myself. I know there is alot going on, but I have felt more unrest (which is God-directed, I know) in my Spirit lately. I suppose that is why I am searching the annals of my spiritual heroes, once again. They give me spiritual strength. I can only hope that perhaps one day, in heaven, I can have a lunchdate with them: Amy Carmichael, Lilias Trotter, Corrie and Betsie ten Boom, Gladys Alyward, Wilda Matthews, Isobel Kuhn. Or at least tea. Can you even imagine being seated in their company? A girl can dream! Lots of love today! xoxox
Honey, I won’t be in that club in Heaven! Those women will have a private club of their own! 🙂
Some of the unrest is all the political environment. We are in the thick of it, and honestly, I am concerned for our country in a way that I have never felt before. Pray, pray, pray for what we do.
I sure wish I still had some FB Meyer books. I lost mine in the hurricane and haven’t seen any in years in the bookstores. Those were some of the best bios of Biblical heroes of the faith.
Again, pray for us, please. And, as you can imagine, I am exhausted today, and today has enough cares of its’ own!
Because He loved us first,
Sherri
Oh, I know, but a girl can dream!
I will be praying for you, especially these next months of crucial political decisions. You are in the midst of it all because GOD called you there. You know that. Lean hard on Him. . .I know you do (Song of Solomon 8:5). BLESSINGS, Janell