PUNISHMENTS WERE OFTEN general in Ravensbruck. Once we suddenly
8. A Storm Laid Down
PUNISHMENTS WERE OFTEN general in Ravensbruck. Once we suddenly heard shouting, beating, and swearing in our room. We lived in a crowded room, packed together. Everything was filthy and broken-down. Two people were sharing a very small bunk, and one had thrown the other out of the cot, so they started to fight.
Betsie said, "Corrie, we need to pray. This is dangerous!"
It was dangerous. If the guards had heard the fighting in our barracks, we would all have been cruelly punished. Betsie remained praying. She prayed and prayed.
It was as if a storm died down. We heard less beating, less swearing and shouting.
Finally, it was quiet, and Betsie said, "Thank You, Father. Amen."
Now, do you see what happened there? There was a room with many prisoners in great danger, and there was one starving old woman—Betsie. God used Betsie to save the situation. That is what God is willing to do and is going to do with you and me when we let Him show us what to do—when He guides us.
The Bible says that we are representatives of heaven on this earth; that we are ambassadors of Jesus Christ. It is terribly important for the world that there are ambassadors—representatives from heaven—in this world, and you and I can be those ambassadors. Often it will save the situation and bless our surroundings. Because we do it so well? No, not at all. Because the Lord is using us to do what He wants done.