I share this from the pen of another:
has anyone here
read the
> corrie ten boom story? there is one point in the story where she
is in the nazi
> concentration camp and she is talking about the infestation of
fleas and how
> miserable the fleas were, biting everybody. they also had smuggled
some stuff into
> the barracks (i can't remember what it was right now- contraband
of some
> kind- it might have been a bible). anyway, corrie said that God
said to give
> thanks in all things, and she thought about the fleas. surely God
would not want
> them to give thanks for fleas. but she gathered up her strength
and thanked God
> for the fleas. then one day the guards came to do an inspection.
they surely
> would find the contraband the guards came to the door of their
barracks, but
> when they saw the flea infestation was so bad, they didn't go in
and do their
> search. God can work all things for Good- thank him for all things-
even the
> th ings that appear evil to us.
read the
> corrie ten boom story? there is one point in the story where she
is in the nazi
> concentration camp and she is talking about the infestation of
fleas and how
> miserable the fleas were, biting everybody. they also had smuggled
some stuff into
> the barracks (i can't remember what it was right now- contraband
of some
> kind- it might have been a bible). anyway, corrie said that God
said to give
> thanks in all things, and she thought about the fleas. surely God
would not want
> them to give thanks for fleas. but she gathered up her strength
and thanked God
> for the fleas. then one day the guards came to do an inspection.
they surely
> would find the contraband the guards came to the door of their
barracks, but
> when they saw the flea infestation was so bad, they didn't go in
and do their
> search. God can work all things for Good- thank him for all things-
even the
> th ings that appear evil to us.
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