In her first book, Corrie ten Boom told of her experience in Ravensbrück prison during World War II. As she reflected on her own pain and suffering, she came to understand that one of God’s purposes was that her suffering should benefit others: God had brought me here for a specific task. I was here to lead the sorrowing and the despairing to the Savior. I was to see how He comforted them. I was to point the way to heaven to people among whom were many that would soon be dying. 6
