Story
An old preaching story tells of an artist contest on the theme of peace. One canvas is a still alpine lake at dawn — glass water,…
Rest · Suffering · Hope
Psalm 46 · John 16
Story
The fleas of Ravensbrück
Corrie ten Boom, The Hiding Place (1971)
In the concentration camp at Ravensbrück, Corrie ten Boom and her sister Betsie were packed into a barracks so infested with fleas that even the guards would not enter. Betsie insisted they give thanks for every detail of their room, including the fleas. Corrie could not. Later they realized the infestation was the reason they could hold Bible studies unhindered. The thing they most wanted removed was the thing that made faithfulness possible. Corrie later wrote the story in The Hiding Place.
How you’d preach it
Land this on thanksgiving that is not denial. The point is not that every wound is secretly a gift. The point is that God can work through what we would never choose, and we often see it only in hindsight.
- Joy
- Suffering
- Prayer
Ten Boom
1 Thessalonians 5:18