She was a simple woman who grew up in the village of Möttlingen above Calw, who eagerly took advantage of all educational opportunities that her life, which was outwardly poor and cramped, offered: the elementary school in the village, confirmation classes, church services and children's lessons with the Möttlinger pastor, Christian Gottlob Barth. As his star student, she found it difficult when,Johann Christoph Blumhardt took Barth's place. But it was he who became the pastor during a serious illness that she had to endure from 1841 to the end of 1843.
Inexplicable rumbling noises occured in her cramped quarters, which she shared with three siblings and which today houses a permanent exhibition about Blumhardt and Gottliebin Dittus. She said that a transparent figure, only seen by her, asked for papers hidden in the house, which were also found and interpreted as utensils for practicing magic.
The young woman suffered from fainting and convulsions; the attending physician was at a loss, as was Blumhardt. Eventually he became convinced that something demonic was at work there: "We have seen what the devil does long enough; now let us also see what Jesus can do." The unconscious woman woke up, repeated the words of prayer; the cramps stopped. Blumhardt stayed away from exorcist actions. He trusted only in prayer, to which he also asked Gottliebin, and stuck to it, even when the illness worsened dramatically. Blumhardt wrote of bleeding, objects protruding from the skin, and suicide attempts.
At Christmas 1843 the "obsession" was transferred to Gottliebin's brother Hansjörg and sister Katharina. From this, according to Blumhardt's description to his superior authority, a "demon" could be heard who posed as a noble Satanic angel and now had to go into the abyss. Katharina roared out: "Jesus is victor! Jesus is the victor!" "That was the time," wrote Blumhardt, "when the two-year struggle came to an end." Gottliebin was healed and lead a normal life. A revival of the whole village followed; Healings of mental and physical diseases occurred.
Gottliebin Dittus had changed, as did her pastor. You had experienced the faithfulness of God in prayer. In the overwhelming events they saw the commission to work for the final victory of God over the kingdom of darkness. Christ will come again soon; before that there will be new outpourings of the Holy Spirit, a "running and chasing" for the kingdom of God throughout the world.
When Blumhardt founded a pastoral care center in the Kurhaus Bad Boll in 1852, which was visited by guests from all over the world, Gottliebin managed the extensive housekeeping together with Blumhardt's wife Doris. She turned out to be the energetic part of this team. She was not described as graceful and lovable, but as a "rough-grained" personality who did not reveal her truthfulness and sincerity even to guests of rank. In 1855 she married Theodor Brodersen; the marriage produced three sons. In 1872 she died of stomach cancer; no fear of death, but hope in the kingdom of God determined their last hours - a formative experience for Blumhardt's son Christoph, which enabled him to become a credible successor to his father after Blumhardt's death.
-Text originally written in German by Dieter Ising, translated to English by Google, & put in past tense by me.
Inexplicable rumbling noises occured in her cramped quarters, which she shared with three siblings and which today houses a permanent exhibition about Blumhardt and Gottliebin Dittus. She said that a transparent figure, only seen by her, asked for papers hidden in the house, which were also found and interpreted as utensils for practicing magic.
The young woman suffered from fainting and convulsions; the attending physician was at a loss, as was Blumhardt. Eventually he became convinced that something demonic was at work there: "We have seen what the devil does long enough; now let us also see what Jesus can do." The unconscious woman woke up, repeated the words of prayer; the cramps stopped. Blumhardt stayed away from exorcist actions. He trusted only in prayer, to which he also asked Gottliebin, and stuck to it, even when the illness worsened dramatically. Blumhardt wrote of bleeding, objects protruding from the skin, and suicide attempts.
At Christmas 1843 the "obsession" was transferred to Gottliebin's brother Hansjörg and sister Katharina. From this, according to Blumhardt's description to his superior authority, a "demon" could be heard who posed as a noble Satanic angel and now had to go into the abyss. Katharina roared out: "Jesus is victor! Jesus is the victor!" "That was the time," wrote Blumhardt, "when the two-year struggle came to an end." Gottliebin was healed and lead a normal life. A revival of the whole village followed; Healings of mental and physical diseases occurred.
Gottliebin Dittus had changed, as did her pastor. You had experienced the faithfulness of God in prayer. In the overwhelming events they saw the commission to work for the final victory of God over the kingdom of darkness. Christ will come again soon; before that there will be new outpourings of the Holy Spirit, a "running and chasing" for the kingdom of God throughout the world.
When Blumhardt founded a pastoral care center in the Kurhaus Bad Boll in 1852, which was visited by guests from all over the world, Gottliebin managed the extensive housekeeping together with Blumhardt's wife Doris. She turned out to be the energetic part of this team. She was not described as graceful and lovable, but as a "rough-grained" personality who did not reveal her truthfulness and sincerity even to guests of rank. In 1855 she married Theodor Brodersen; the marriage produced three sons. In 1872 she died of stomach cancer; no fear of death, but hope in the kingdom of God determined their last hours - a formative experience for Blumhardt's son Christoph, which enabled him to become a credible successor to his father after Blumhardt's death.
-Text originally written in German by Dieter Ising, translated to English by Google, & put in past tense by me.
She was a simple woman who grew up in the village of Möttlingen above Calw, who eagerly took advantage of all educational opportunities that her life, which was outwardly poor and cramped, offered: the elementary school in the village, confirmation classes, church services and children's lessons with the Möttlinger pastor, Christian Gottlob Barth. As his star student, she found it difficult when,Johann Christoph Blumhardt took Barth's place. But it was he who became the pastor during a serious illness that she had to endure from 1841 to the end of 1843.
Inexplicable rumbling noises occured in her cramped quarters, which she shared with three siblings and which today houses a permanent exhibition about Blumhardt and Gottliebin Dittus. She said that a transparent figure, only seen by her, asked for papers hidden in the house, which were also found and interpreted as utensils for practicing magic.
The young woman suffered from fainting and convulsions; the attending physician was at a loss, as was Blumhardt. Eventually he became convinced that something demonic was at work there: "We have seen what the devil does long enough; now let us also see what Jesus can do." The unconscious woman woke up, repeated the words of prayer; the cramps stopped. Blumhardt stayed away from exorcist actions. He trusted only in prayer, to which he also asked Gottliebin, and stuck to it, even when the illness worsened dramatically. Blumhardt wrote of bleeding, objects protruding from the skin, and suicide attempts.
At Christmas 1843 the "obsession" was transferred to Gottliebin's brother Hansjörg and sister Katharina. From this, according to Blumhardt's description to his superior authority, a "demon" could be heard who posed as a noble Satanic angel and now had to go into the abyss. Katharina roared out: "Jesus is victor! Jesus is the victor!" "That was the time," wrote Blumhardt, "when the two-year struggle came to an end." Gottliebin was healed and lead a normal life. A revival of the whole village followed; Healings of mental and physical diseases occurred.
Gottliebin Dittus had changed, as did her pastor. You had experienced the faithfulness of God in prayer. In the overwhelming events they saw the commission to work for the final victory of God over the kingdom of darkness. Christ will come again soon; before that there will be new outpourings of the Holy Spirit, a "running and chasing" for the kingdom of God throughout the world.
When Blumhardt founded a pastoral care center in the Kurhaus Bad Boll in 1852, which was visited by guests from all over the world, Gottliebin managed the extensive housekeeping together with Blumhardt's wife Doris. She turned out to be the energetic part of this team. She was not described as graceful and lovable, but as a "rough-grained" personality who did not reveal her truthfulness and sincerity even to guests of rank. In 1855 she married Theodor Brodersen; the marriage produced three sons. In 1872 she died of stomach cancer; no fear of death, but hope in the kingdom of God determined their last hours - a formative experience for Blumhardt's son Christoph, which enabled him to become a credible successor to his father after Blumhardt's death.
-Text originally written in German by Dieter Ising, translated to English by Google, & put in past tense by me.
Inexplicable rumbling noises occured in her cramped quarters, which she shared with three siblings and which today houses a permanent exhibition about Blumhardt and Gottliebin Dittus. She said that a transparent figure, only seen by her, asked for papers hidden in the house, which were also found and interpreted as utensils for practicing magic.
The young woman suffered from fainting and convulsions; the attending physician was at a loss, as was Blumhardt. Eventually he became convinced that something demonic was at work there: "We have seen what the devil does long enough; now let us also see what Jesus can do." The unconscious woman woke up, repeated the words of prayer; the cramps stopped. Blumhardt stayed away from exorcist actions. He trusted only in prayer, to which he also asked Gottliebin, and stuck to it, even when the illness worsened dramatically. Blumhardt wrote of bleeding, objects protruding from the skin, and suicide attempts.
At Christmas 1843 the "obsession" was transferred to Gottliebin's brother Hansjörg and sister Katharina. From this, according to Blumhardt's description to his superior authority, a "demon" could be heard who posed as a noble Satanic angel and now had to go into the abyss. Katharina roared out: "Jesus is victor! Jesus is the victor!" "That was the time," wrote Blumhardt, "when the two-year struggle came to an end." Gottliebin was healed and lead a normal life. A revival of the whole village followed; Healings of mental and physical diseases occurred.
Gottliebin Dittus had changed, as did her pastor. You had experienced the faithfulness of God in prayer. In the overwhelming events they saw the commission to work for the final victory of God over the kingdom of darkness. Christ will come again soon; before that there will be new outpourings of the Holy Spirit, a "running and chasing" for the kingdom of God throughout the world.
When Blumhardt founded a pastoral care center in the Kurhaus Bad Boll in 1852, which was visited by guests from all over the world, Gottliebin managed the extensive housekeeping together with Blumhardt's wife Doris. She turned out to be the energetic part of this team. She was not described as graceful and lovable, but as a "rough-grained" personality who did not reveal her truthfulness and sincerity even to guests of rank. In 1855 she married Theodor Brodersen; the marriage produced three sons. In 1872 she died of stomach cancer; no fear of death, but hope in the kingdom of God determined their last hours - a formative experience for Blumhardt's son Christoph, which enabled him to become a credible successor to his father after Blumhardt's death.
-Text originally written in German by Dieter Ising, translated to English by Google, & put in past tense by me.
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