Quotes from book
The Hiding Place

Name: The Hiding Place
Author: Corrie ten Boom

The Hiding Place is a 1971 book on the life of Corrie ten Boom, written by her and John and Elizabeth Sherrill.

“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.”

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“And for all these people alike, the key to healing turned out to be the same. Each had a hurt he had to forgive.”

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“How often it is a small, almost unconscious event that makes a turning point.”

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“And our wise Father in heaven knows when we're going to need things too. Don't run out ahead of Him.”

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“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.”

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“If God has shown us bad times ahead, it's enough for me that He knows about them. That's why He sometimes shows us things, you know - to tell us that this too is in His hands.”

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“Perhaps only when human effort had done it's best and failed, would God's power alone be free to work.”

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“Some knowledge is too heavy… you cannot bear it… your Father will carry it until you are able.”

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“Dear Jesus… how foolish of me to have called for human help when You are here.”

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