![]() The center of His will is our only safety.’”Įven in a concentration camp deep in the heart of Germany, there were no ifs. And no places that are safer than other places. ‘Don’t say it, Corrie! There are no “ifs” in God’s world. “‘Betsie, if I hadn’t heard you in the kitchen-’īut Betsie put a finger on my mouth. Finally, Corrie went back to bed in the dark – cutting her hand on a 10-inch piece of metal shrapnel that had landed on her pillow. One night Corrie, hearing Betsie in the kitchen, left her bedroom and joined her sister until the horrible racket stopped. Trusting Her Saviorĭuring the Nazi invasion, air raid sirens and battles often filled the night air, and often the noise kept the sisters awake. Over and over she told Corrie that one day, when they were free, they would help these people who mistreated them. One day, to her sister Corrie’s surprise, Betsie would even love the concentration camp guards, praying that they could learn to love just as they had learned to hate. She sewed and mended for foster children that lived with the family for a time. She brewed coffee for nearby policemen to enjoy when they came inside to warm themselves. ![]() People Betsie could love.Īnd Betsie loved well. For decades, they lived out the exact same routines and stage of life in a small town with few options for any kind of advancement or adventure.īut there were people. An aging spinster, prone to pneumonia and other illnesses, she lived with her father and sister in a generations-old house, where she kept the home and stretched the family’s tight budget. Loving Her NeighborsĮven before war came, Betsie ten Boom hardly led a daydream life. ![]() As we try to navigate how to live in a world that so often celebrates evil, we can find encouragement in remembering that many Christians before us have persevered through dark days and unprecedented times. ![]() Now in the 21 st century, and 2020 at that, it seems the news keeps darkening. But it was Betsie who Corrie so often pointed to as the example, and it was her encouragement that spurred Corrie’s later ministry. Betsie is seated on the far right, Corrie is standing on the far left.īetsie ten Boom is not as well-known as her sister Corrie, who later wrote The Hiding Place and traveled the world giving talks about her family’s experiences. ![]()
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