Corrie Ten Boom
Corrie Ten Boom
Cornelia "Corrie" ten Boomwas a Dutch watchmaker and Christian who, along with her father and other family members, helped many Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust during World War II. She was imprisoned for her actions. Her most famous book, The Hiding Place, describes the ordeal...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth15 April 1892
worry evil sorrow
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength. it does not enable us to escape evil. It makes us unfit to face evil when it comes. it is the interest you pay on trouble before it comes.
moving two worry
Worrying is carrying tomorrow's load with today's strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.
memories past keys
Today I know that such memories are the key not to the past, but to the future. I know that the experiences of our lives, when we let God use them, become the mysterious and perfect preparation for the work He will give us to do.
miracle lessons firsts
He uses our problems for His miracles. This was my first lesson in learning to trust Him completely...
god giving christian-inspirational
Don't bother to give God instructions; just report for duty.
jesus godly joy
when we are powerless to do a thing, it is a great joy that we can come and step inside the ability of Jesus
life school class
The school of life offers some difficult courses, but it is in the difficult class that one learns the most.
lying hands potters
You see, a potter can only mold the clay when it lies completely in his hand. It requires complete surrender.
inspirational prayer powerful-god
Don't pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it.
embroidery sides crowns
Although the threads of my life have often seemed knotted, I know, by faith, that on the other side of the embroidery there is a crown..
inspirational hurt hands
Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.
flower giving people
When people come up and give me a compliment... I take each remark as if it were a flower. At the end of the day I lift up the bouquet of flowers I have gathered throughout the day and say, 'Here you are, Lord, it is all Yours.'
trying succeed failing
When I try, I fail. When I trust, He succeeds.
safety world may
There are no 'if's' in God's world. And no places that are safer than other places. The center of His will is our only safety - let us pray that we may always know it!