The powerful lights of the Haarlem police station - at that time under the control of the Gestapo - blinded Corrie's bruised eyes. How accurate her elderly father's words turned out to be that peaceful night, before Hitler's delirium descended upon Holland: "Germany will invade Holland, and we will be defeated. May God have mercy on those who do not trust in His name."
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Corrie's methodical way of life was diluted in the unreasonableness of war. With courage and compassion, her family, and many Dutch citizens risked their lives to help many innocents condemned to die in a world gripped by madness.
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The example of courage, faith, and forgiveness that Corrie ten Boom offers us - subjected to unimaginable circumstances of brutality and calamity - is evidence of God's sustaining power.
