THANKSGIVING

The barracks where Corrie ten Boom & her sister Betsy were kept in the Nazi concentration camp  were terribly overcrowded & flea-infested.

They had been able to miraculously smuggle a Bible into the camp & in that Bible they had read that in all things they were to give thanks & that God can use anything for good.

Corrie’s sister Betsy decided that this meant thanking God for the fleas.

This was too much for Corrie, who said she could do no such thing. Betsy insisted, so Corrie gave in & prayed to God, thanking Him even for the fleas.

Over the next several months a wonderful, but curious, thing happened. They found that the guards never entered their barracks.

This meant that women were not assaulted.

It also meant that they were able to do the unthinkable, which was to hold open Bible studies & prayer meetings in the heart of a Nazi concentration camp.

Through this, countless numbers of women came to faith in Christ.

Only at the end did they discover why the guards had left them alone & would not enter into their barracks.

It was because of the fleas.

- James Emery White (aksermonillustrations.blogspot.in)

1 Thes 5:18 (CEB): “Give thanks in every situation because this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”

“No matter what our circumstance, we can find a reason to be thankful.” -  David Jeremiah.