![]() ![]() He will surely supply it, for it is in his very essence and will. When you have trouble loving someone, whether friend or enemy, ask God for the love you need. God is our source of love, and his supply never runs low. When He tells us to love our enemies, He gives, along with the command, the love itself.” And so I discovered that it is not on our forgiveness any more than on our goodness that the world's healing hinges, but on His. From my shoulder along my arm and through my hand a current seemed to pass from me to him, while into my heart sprang a love for this stranger that almost overwhelmed me. “As I took his hand the most incredible thing happened. ten Boom has long been honored as a heroine of Christian faith in action. I felt nothing, not the slightest spark of warmth or charity. Cornelia Arnolda Johanna Corrie ten Boom was a Dutch watchmaker who helped many Jews seek refuge during the Holocaust.In her unforgettable biography, The Hiding Place, ten Boom recounts her extraordinary experiences through World War II and illustrates how Christ’s strength sustained her. I tried to smile, I struggled to raise my hand. Jesus Christ had died for this man was I going to ask for more? Lord Jesus, I prayed, forgive me and help me to forgive him. “Even as the angry, vengeful thoughts boiled through me, I saw the sin of them. And I, who had preached so often to the people in Bloemendaal the need to forgive, kept my hand at my side. ‘To think that, as you say, He has washed my sins away!’ His hand was thrust out to shake mine. ‘How grateful I am for your message, Fraulein.’ He said. “He came up to me as the church was emptying, beaming and bowing. ![]() And suddenly it was all there – the roomful of mocking men, the heaps of clothing, Betsie's pain-blanched face. He was the first of our actual jailers that I had seen since that time. man who had stood guard at the shower room door in the processing center at Ravensbruck. Corrie ten Boom 2 of 10 When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don’t throw away the ticket and jump off. “It was at a church service in Munich that I saw him, a former S.S. 1 of 10 Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God. She writes in her best-selling book, “The Hiding Place”: The war had ended, the camps had been liberated, and Corrie was speaking in various churches, sharing about God’s love and faithfulness, even in the midst of horror. Corrie ten Boom Quote: The amount of Gods love is unlimited, but we only receive as HD wallpaper License: Original wallpaper info: PC(720P, 1080P, 2K, 4K. Her family had all died in the Nazi concentration camps. When I think of drawing on love’s source, I think of Corrie ten Boom. ![]()
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