Love Forgives

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  During World War Two, Corrie Ten Boom became known for hiding hundreds of Jews to protect them from Nazi authorities. According to biography.com, through the network of “safe houses” that she and her family set up in the Netherlands, over 800 Jews were saved. Although Boom was caught in February 1944, and sent to the Ravensbrück concentration camp, she survived and went on to become an inspiration to many. Over the later part of her life, she spoke to millions about God’s forgiveness and love. Yet in November 1972 Boom would come to personally experience the power of forgiveness. As Boom related in her book “The Hiding Place“, after speaking to a church audience in Munich about forgiveness, she encountered the same Nazi officer who had been at the concentration camp where her sister had died. “When we confess our sins, God casts them into the deepest ocean, gone forever.”  – Corrie Ten Boom  Boom said she recalled freezing as the officer extended his hand to hers, and asked for forgiveness. He did not remember her, but she could never forget. “It could not have been many seconds that he stood there, hand held out, but to me it [...]

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