Lessons from the Dutch Resistance Part One: God Still Does Miracles
Hi friends! In case you didn’t hear already, I’m working on a historical fiction book set in the Netherlands during World War II. In my research, I’ve read a lot of true stories of courageous, ordinary Dutch citizens who resisted the Nazis. As I read the stories of these members of the Dutch Resistance, similar themes seem to pop up again and again in their stories. Lessons about who God is and how we are to live as Christians. Today’s post is the first of those lessons. Lesson #1: God still does miracles. This is one of those themes that I’ve noticed time and again in stories of the Dutch Resistance. God still does miracles. Here are two stories illustrating this truth: Story One: The Miracle of the Raincoat Diet Eman was a young woman whose Christian faith motivated her and her fiancé, Hein, to resist the Nazis and help the Jews. As the war progressed, Diet found herself walking, biking, and riding trains all over the Netherlands, finding hiding places for Jew
