Good Morning,
As I am resting at home after my leg surgery, I have had some additional time to really dive into some reading. One of the books I recently heard about was Corrie ten Boom’s ‘The Hiding Place’. I was not very familiar with it other than people making vague references of a Christian themed version of ‘Diary of Anne Frank’.
In reading this book, I was dragged in fast. I simply could not put it down. I read about the ten Boom family and what happened to them during World War I, and then II, and the prison camps, etc. And seeing this all laced with Christ’s love and direction to make something wonderful out of these horrific events just sang to my soul.
I have often touted the book ‘Man’s Search for Meaning’ by Viktor Frankl as a Psychologist finds the positive to survive in a concentration camp. This is a very powerful book.
With the Hiding Place, I found that Christ is the Victor in the concentration camps. That His love can do so much more than help one survive.
In life, I know I can change my attitude to survive better in any environment, but I also know that by relying on God, handing those things too big for me over to God to handle, that I can thrive while fulfilling God’s plan for my life.
Lord thank you for allowing me to read this wonderful book, and if you have never read it, please do so.
Praise the Lord!
Sanford
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