In a crazy world, can we remain focused?

Terrorism
Gender Identity
Marriage
Protesting
Racial Divide
Political Schemes
Loss of Integrity
Lies become Truth
Money Above All 
Confused Children

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“God does not have problems, only plans,” were the words Corrie ten Boom said when a clerical error allowed her to be released from a Nazi concentration camp one week before all women prisoners her age were executed. After her release from the horror of the Ravensbruck concentration camp, Corrie continued to live a life of faith with a remarkable reliance on God. This was the same faith and strength that her family had, when they hid Jews from Nazi terror in their home in Haarlem, Holland. During World War II, her family home became a place of refuge, a hiding place, for Jew’s and those being hunted down by the Nazi army.
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So how do we cope in a world that seems to have gone mad?

When I was new in this walk of faith, I was drawn to read the words of Corrie ten Boom. With amazement I came to love and admire the inner strength and faith of this woman. I wanted to have a small portion of what she seemed to have within her. I wanted to learn more about the heart of the woman who gave herself wholly into the hands of her Savior. Her chilling and horrendous circumstances make my trials miniscule in comparison.

How can we have joy in the midst of our circumstances?
I think about a smuggled Bible that became a source of blessing and strength for Corrie while incarcerated. This Bible that she miraculously hid, was used to hold worship services and many women came to know the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior. Yes, Corrie had her eyes focused on the Lord and not on the circumstances around her.
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​Remember when Peter looked at circumstances rather than focusing his eyes on Christ?

And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? (Matthew 14: 29-31)
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​We cannot keep one eye on Christ and one eye on the circumstances around us.

​Keep both eye’s focused directly ahead - on Christ, that this world may not steal your “inner” joy.
The world may make us unhappy, resulting in heartache and tears, but it can never steal the joy in our heart that Christ gives as a man or woman of faith. This mindset is what Corrie ten Boom had mastered. She had set her focus, almost like a pilot sets the plane on auto-pilot. She stayed on course and did allow her eye’s to veer off course. Oh, how I long to master this focus!
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I pray that the things of this world will never succeed in diverting your focus away from Christ.

Even in her death, Corrie Ten Boom finished her journey in this world with a special blessing.
​ For I have read that according to the Jewish tradition, only very blessed people are given the special privilege of dying on their birthday. Corrie Ten Boom died on her 91st birthday, April 15th 1983.  

I  thank the Lord our God for women of strong faith who left a wonderful legacy to strengthen and encourage us.

Now, let us bond together in our faith, stand strong against a world that has seemed to be determined to leave GOD behind and take so many lost with them. 

Together we can speak louder, in an understanding voice. 
Together we can reach those who need to understand, with a compassionate hand.
Together we can work for Christ, speaking about Him and praying without fear. 
​Together we can work for Him, until He calls us "home."