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This morning I was thinking about the difference between Corrie Ten Boom and the average Christian today, which I am assuming is represented on CF.
Corrie spent 6 months in a Nazi concentration camps in which she had little food. No medical care, was covered in fleas. In spite of that they had to work 11 hour days in brutal cold. The physical, mental, and emotional torture she endured is tough to even think about, yet she did not spend the remainder of her life a victim of depression, anxiety or, "PTSD". In spite of all she went through, she didn't refer to herself a victim. She did not complain. She had no need of Prozac or Zoloft. No counseling. No support groups. I had to ask what that was, and knowing of here story, the answer was obvious. Corrie turned to Christ, rather than self-pity, in her suffering.
Corrie turned to Christ in her suffering. She drew close to Him, and her peace, both during and after her experience was evident.
Unfortunately, I don't see much, if any, counsel given to Christians who have been through some pain or suffering which would help produce any other Corrie Ten Boom. I see self-pity being encouraged. I see perpetual victimhood being celebrated. I see pills being popped, but I don't see very much Godly counsel directing sinners and saints back toward the Savior.
Everyone seems to have a syndrome or dysfunction which many times is caused by far, far less than what Corrie endured. If anyone could have walked around with a label attached to her, it would have been Corrie, but she wore no label other than Christ.
Victory, not victimhood, is found in Christ. May we trust Him in our suffering.
Corrie spent 6 months in a Nazi concentration camps in which she had little food. No medical care, was covered in fleas. In spite of that they had to work 11 hour days in brutal cold. The physical, mental, and emotional torture she endured is tough to even think about, yet she did not spend the remainder of her life a victim of depression, anxiety or, "PTSD". In spite of all she went through, she didn't refer to herself a victim. She did not complain. She had no need of Prozac or Zoloft. No counseling. No support groups. I had to ask what that was, and knowing of here story, the answer was obvious. Corrie turned to Christ, rather than self-pity, in her suffering.
Corrie turned to Christ in her suffering. She drew close to Him, and her peace, both during and after her experience was evident.
Unfortunately, I don't see much, if any, counsel given to Christians who have been through some pain or suffering which would help produce any other Corrie Ten Boom. I see self-pity being encouraged. I see perpetual victimhood being celebrated. I see pills being popped, but I don't see very much Godly counsel directing sinners and saints back toward the Savior.
Everyone seems to have a syndrome or dysfunction which many times is caused by far, far less than what Corrie endured. If anyone could have walked around with a label attached to her, it would have been Corrie, but she wore no label other than Christ.
Victory, not victimhood, is found in Christ. May we trust Him in our suffering.
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