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Verse:Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. —Isaiah 41:10, KJV
As the end of World War II drew close, my mother lived with her mother, three sisters, and an aunt in the small town of Rudenhausen, Germany.
Their father, like many who had been forced to become soldiers, had been killed on the border of Germany and Russia. At the tender age of eight, my mother learned her father would not return home. Each day became a fight for survival.
During the summer the children went to nearby farms and hoped to find an apple that may have fallen to the ground. However, during the winter months the ground was covered by ice and snow, and many died of malnutrition.
Prayer became essential. One day the family woke up and did not have a morsel of food in the house. The farmers had allowed the girls to search their land, but no apples remained on the ground. Their stomachs grumbled with hunger pains, and their mother wondered whether they could last until the next ration and how long that wait would be. As dinner time approached, my Oma (German for grandmother) gathered her daughters together for evening prayer to thank the Lord for bringing them through another day.
As they ended their prayer, there was a knock on the door. One of the girls ran to the door to find a basket filled with salad, fruit, and nuts.
They never found out who left the food at their door. Another answered prayer allowed the family to remain in their home during the war.
Many homes were leveled by bombs, and those homes that remained would likely be taken by soldiers who needed a place to stay.
Horror stories abound of the atrocities committed by soldiers, so when the American soldiers walked into my mother’s home, the girls ran and hid.
As the soldiers looked at the girls attempting to hide, they took candy out of their pockets and offered it to them. Though the soldiers only spoke English and my mother and her family spoke German, they overcame the language barrier using sign language. One of the soldiers motioned to my grandmother, pointing to the attached barn.
She immediately understood the family would not be harmed by the soldiers and would be allowed to stay in their barn.
We face instability every day, but we can find peace in the promise that “my God shall supply all your need according to his riches” (Philippians 4:19, KJV).
Beatrice Tauber Prior