My daughter and I are in a local production of The Hiding Place, a play based on the life of Corrie Ten Boom.  Corrie and her family were followers of Christ who hid Jews from the Germans during World War II.  They were discovered, captured, and imprisoned. Only Corrie survived the camps.  To call it a powerful story is an understatement of the highest order.  This week I am taking a look at some of the lessons we can glean from this story.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?  Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?…For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God that is Christ Jesus our Lord  (Romans 8: 35-39).

You know, it’s so easy for Corrie to quote this verse.  All she had to face was a Nazi death camp.  I have to…

Oh. Wow. Yeah. Never mind.

Beloved, chances are good that your Friday will not include Nazis or famine or swordsmen.  

‘Course, you never know.

Still, this day is just stuffed with things that want to get between you and Jesus.  It starts with your own sin and basic patheticosity, moves through this broken and selfish world, and culminates in a whole host of spiritual forces dedicated to your destruction.

Hmm…maybe the Nazis aren’t so bad after all.

Nope…they’re so bad.

Point is, none of it can pull you away from Christ.

Not the darkness outside.

Not the darkness inside.

You are his.  He has chosen you, in spite of…you.  He has claimed you as his own and he fiercely protects you.  He is stronger than anything you will face today or tomorrow or ever.

Breathe that in, Beloved of Christ.  Soak in it.  Let it lift you up and carry you through whatever today holds.

Happy Friday