The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
This is a book that Sara introduced us to recently during one of our morning fellowship times over Zoom. It is the story of a Dutch Christian family during WWII that live out their faith in amazing ways and join the underground resistance to help the Jewish people in their hometown. Eventually, the family is caught and imprisoned. During their imprisonment at a German concentration camp, Corrie and Betsie ten Boom read together from a Bible they were able to smuggle in and find encouragement from 1 Thessalonians 5:14-18. They have the faith and courage to thank God for all circumstances, even unpleasant ones. They even find the strength to thank God for the many fleas they have in their barracks and later find out it was those very fleas that are the reason they are left alone by the guards and were given the freedom to move around as they did in the barracks, freely sharing the Bible with the other women there. It is an amazing story of faith, family, and love. It will be one that will be sure to stick with you long after you have finished it.
The church staff are pulling some books from our Church Library and putting them on a table in the Fellowship Hall. Please come by (8-3:30 Mon-Fri), choose a book(s) you would like, write your name on the card along with the date, and return it within 3 weeks. It’s a great time to READ!