Corrie ten Boom
27 quotes
Biography
"Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God."
"This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see."
"Do you know what hurts so very much? It's love. Love is the strongest force in the world, and when it is blocked that means pain. There are two things we can do when this happens. We can kill that love so that it stops hurting. But then of course part of us dies, too. Or we can ask God to open up another route for that love to travel."
"In darkness God's truth shines most clear."
"Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?"
"when we are powerless to do a thing, it is a great joy that we can come and step inside the ability of Jesus"
"When I try, I fail. When I trust, He succeeds."
"(on forgiveness) Didn't he and I stand together before an all seeing God convicted of the same murder? For I had murdered him with my heart and my tongue."
"We never know how God will answer our prayers, but we can expect that He will get us involved in His plan for the answer. If we are true intercessors, we must be ready to take part in God’s work on behalf of the people for whom we pray."
"If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes."
"Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear."
"Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future."
"Discernment is God's call to intercession, never to faultfinding."
"Child, you have to learn to see things in the right proportions. Learn to see great things great and small things small."
"I prayed to dispel my fear, until suddenly, and I do not know how the idea came to me, I began to pray for others. I prayed for everyone who came into my thoughts - - people with whom I had traveled, those who had been in prison with me, my school friends of years ago. I do not know how long I continued my prayer, but this I do know - - my fear was gone! Interceding for others had released me!"
"Do you know what hurts so much? It's love. Love is the strongest force in the world, and when it is blocked that means pain. There are two things we can do when that happens. We can kill the love so that it stops hurting. But then of course part of use dies, too. Or, Corrie, we can ask God to open up another route for that love to travel."
"Forgiveness is an act of the will and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart."
"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.” Corrie ten Boom"
"God dealt with our whole situation on the cross; there is nothing left for you to settle. Just say to Him, "Lord, I cannot forgive and I will no longer try to do it; but I trust that You in me will do it. I can't forgive and love; but I trust that You will forgive and love in my place and that You will do these things in me."
"It is not my ability but my response to God's ability that counts."
"To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was you."
"Voltaire expected that within fifty years of his lifetime there would not be one Bible in the world. His house is now a distribution centre for Bibles in many languages."
"The measure of a life after all is not its duration but its donation."
"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."
"You say we could lose our lives for this child. I would consider that the greatest honor that could come to my family."