Here I am...

It's half an hour before I head in for the big test. I'm waiting in the student center at UNO, tempted to nap, uselessly trying to study more and get more crammed in my head, and praying. My studying has been interrupted by reading an amazing book I can't put down called The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom. The author relates the changes in Holland during WWII and the Holocaust from inside a concentration camp. You would think it would be depressing and horrifying and it is. However, her intense faith and that of her sister especially bring such light into unthinkable misery. They are so brave, always thinking of others first, putting their safety above their own. Her sister's last words were something to the effect of "No hell is so deep that His love is not deeper. Tell them - they will listen to us because we have been there." Maybe it's knowing He is everywhere - in our every situation that gives me comfort. Maybe focusing on a terrifying situation like that and relying on God is getting my mind off my own troubles. Whatever the case, I trust He will give me strength and give me what I need.