Thursday, September 4, 2003
Thursday, September 4, 2003
Keep alert, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong.
That night Corrie laid down on her cot feeling totally abandoned and alone. She fell asleep crying
and wondering why God wouldn't answer her prayers. The next morning when Corrie woke up a
beam of light was shining down through a crack in the ceiling on a few blades of green grass. A
miracle in the middle of that concrete cell!
"I knew without any doubt," Corrie said, "that God was alive and that his light would shine again
in my life in a beautiful and wonderful way, even though the possibility seemed impossible."
That morning Corrie's faith in God and her commitment to allow him to control her life were
renewed. Friends, that is faith. Take what God has given to you and use it.
(1 Corinthians
16.13
NRSV)
Corrie ten Boom, the Dutch woman who spent months in prison and in the Ravensbrueck
concentration camp for hiding Jews during the Second World War, had faith. Those awful days
in prison were a strain on her faith. Once she was in solitary confinement. She prayed, "God,
how much longer do I have to take this? If you're alive, if you really care, will you please show me
a sign that you are alive and that you hear my prayers?"
Dear God, there are times when I waver, but I do trust in you always. Amen.
