Compare And Contrast Betsie And Corrie Ten Boom

“There are no ‘ifs’ in God’s world, and no places that are safer than other places. The center of His will is our only safety – let us pray that we always know it.” – Cornelia ten Boom. The story, “The Hiding Place,” takes place in World War II. The two main characters, Betsie and Corrie ten Boom, face many horrific ordeals throughout the story. The question of God’s allowing such situations comes to the forefront of many readers’ minds, the purpose God had in store for them contains a rollercoaster of emotions and faith struggles with it.

One of the many questions going through the readers’ minds is ‘why had God allow Betsie and Corrie to get arrested.’ Betsie had not cared that God allowed such a thing, but Corrie had constantly prayed and asked God Why He allowed this. As always, God did have a reason. He wanted the two sisters to be witnesses of God’s love and light inside the concentration camps, where they were interned and so that Corrie could be a survivor and tell others about her experience and her faith inside the concentration camps. Although Betsie had died inside one of the camps that they had been in, she never lost her faith in Christ. Corrie had survived the camps, not long after Betsie’s death, and continued to tell what happened, and how people should never lose their faith in Christ, no matter the circumstances. …show more content…
The purpose He had in store for Betsie and Corrie ten Boom was to share the Word of God inside and out of the concentration camps. Another purpose was to make their faith in Christ stronger and bolder. No matter what God does, whether it is bad or good, He has a reason for doing such things. The ten Booms got to be part of an amazing underground organization that helped many people, saved lives too. Corrie getting arrested helped her belief in God and her faith grow, she is an inspiration to