He Cares, He Comforts: Finding Faith in Sickness and in Suffering

Corrie ten Boom devoted her entire lifetime to serving the Lord. After World War II, when she and her family had been imprisoned for helping to save the lives of persecuted Jews in Holland, Corrie traveled the world for many years sharing the message of God’s love and salvation.

Through those travels, she made countless friends, many of whom were suffering with sickness or grief. She had such a longing to visit and comfort each of them, and thus, she wrote this book and two subsequent ones (He Sets the Captives Free and Don’t Wrestle, Just Nestle) as a way to “write them a letter”—an idea she believes given to her by the Lord.

In this first of the three books, Corrie writes about twenty-three different friends she met who were experiencing sickness, pain, and grief, and who found, in the midst of their suffering, peace and even joy when they made the decision to put their trust and faith in the Lord.