from RBC Ministries, October 2005 newsletter:
"In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." -1 Thessalonians 5:18.
When Corrie Ten Boom was in a Nazi Concentration camp, her barrack was infested with fleas. One night when reading this passage, Corrie's sister exclaimed, "God wants us to thank Him for the fleas." Corrie said, "No way! I'm NOT going to thank God for these infernal fleas!"
Their nightly bible study had started to attract more women, and Corrie worried that they would get caught. At one point she asked, "Why don't the Nazis ever come to check on us?" "The Nasiz won't come near this place because of the fleas" was the answer. Then she exclaimed, "God, thank You for the fleas!"
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