Corrie Ten Boom Research Paper

An Everlasting Impression

Many people in this world create an impact on us, from the president of our country to the mailman that passes by every day. Some are there for a lifetime, while others drift through in a glance. And occasionally, one leaves an impression so great that it is sealed on our hearts forever. For me, one of those people is Corrie Ten Boom.
Corrie Ten Boom was a Dutch woman that lived during one of the most devastating and widespread wars in history. She was captured along with her family, and several of them perished in prison. In the concentration camp, she had to endure cold, hunger, oppressive overseers, humiliation, sickness, and the death of her dear sister, Beth. Later, after Ten Boom was released from prison,

she felt a calling to tell others about Jesus. Thus she traveled the world, sometimes in comfort and sometimes in the most humble of situations. Yet despite these horrors – after all that she had been through, and after all she had lost – she still did not turn away from God.
Through her books, I see countless occurrences where her human side shines through in doubt, fear, anger, hopelessness, loneliness, and other natural responses. But even in those times, God showed her He was real and she did not stop believing in Him. In her journeys and stories, I learned how God’s wisdom surpasses ours, how even in our humanity He can use us, and what great things He can do if we simply let Him be God and do things His way.
In my own life, her words have helped me to make wiser decisions and alter my thinking. For Corrie Ten Boom, these were not easy lessons to learn, but because she led by example, I can experience the blessings they leave for myself.