![]() ![]() “Even as the angry vengeful thoughts boiled through me, I saw the sin of them. ![]() "Love is larger than the walls which shut it in." “And our wise Father in heaven knows when we're going to need things too. 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. “Today I know that such memories are the key not to the past, but to the future. Or we can ask God to open up another route for that love to travel.” We can kill that love so that it stops hurting. There are two things we can do when this happens. Love is the strongest force in the world, and when it is blocked that means pain. “Do you know what hurts so very much? It's love. "You can never learn that Christ is all you need, until Christ is all you have." The title refers to the secret place where the family hid countless Jewish people needing help in their home and is based on this scripture, “You are my hiding place and my shield I hope in your word” ( Psalm 119:114). She authored a number of books and was most famously known for The Hiding Place, the incredible story of her life. God brought incredible beauty and healing through her difficult experiences, and her words still have great relevance and impact in our world today. She was miraculously released from prison just days after her sister had died there. Corrie and her sister were sent to a notorious Nazi concentration camp. When their home was raided after an informant tipped off the Nazis of their activities, the entire family was imprisoned. The ten Boom family were Dutch Christians who helped many Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust of WWII. Evidence still that God uses all we walk through in this world for greater purposes and good, more than we could possibly ever imagine. ![]() Her deep wisdom came with the cost of journeying through great pain in this life, yet many of us have gleaned amazing nuggets of truth from her experiences. Corrie ten Boom was one of the godliest, soul-rich individuals I’ve ever read words from. I think the rest of the world would agree. According to Jewish custom, celebrating the same day for both birth and death is the unique sign of a very special individual. At the age of 91, on that very same date in 1983, she also passed into Heaven’s gates. This past month on April 15th marked the birthday of the amazing woman, Corrie ten Boom. Image courtesy: Ten Boom Museum Photo Album, Stock Footage by The Legacy of Corrie Ten Boom ![]()
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