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The barracks the place Corrie ten Increase and her sister, Betsy, have been stored within the Nazi focus camp Ravensbruck have been terribly overcrowded and flea-infested.
Corrie and Betsy had been capable of miraculously smuggle a Bible into the camp, and in that Bible that they had learn that in all issues they have been to offer thanks and that God can use something for good.
Betsy determined that this meant thanking God for the fleas.
This was an excessive amount of for Corrie, who mentioned she might do no such factor. Betsy insisted, so Corrie gave in and prayed to God, thanking Him even for the fleas.
Over the following a number of months a beautiful, however curious, factor occurred: They discovered that the guards by no means entered their barracks.
This meant that the ladies weren’t assaulted.
It additionally meant that they have been capable of do the unthinkable, which was to carry open Bible research and prayer conferences within the coronary heart of a Nazi focus camp.
By this, numerous numbers of ladies got here to religion in Christ.
Solely on the finish did they uncover why the guards had left them alone and wouldn’t enter their barracks:
It was due to the fleas.
This Thanksgiving, give because of God for each good and ideal present (James 1:17), but in addition thank Him for the way He’ll use all issues for good within the lives of those that belief Him (Romans 8:28).
In a time of financial uncertainty, in a time when many are dealing with bodily and emotional challenges, there will be little doubt that such a trusting prayer of gratitude shall be difficult to think about.
However whenever you really feel that problem, take a second and keep in mind the fleas of Ravensbruck.
And thank God anyway.
James Emery White
Sources
Corrie ten Increase, The Hiding Place.
