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. Corrie Ten Boom More Quotes by Corrie Ten Boom More Quotes From Corrie Ten Boom You never so touch the ocean of God's love as when you forgive and love your enemies. Corrie Ten Boom forgiving ocean love-you Perhaps only when human effort had done it's best and failed, would God's power alone be free to work. Corrie Ten Boom hiding-place effort done All through the short afternoon they kept coming, the people who counted themselves Father's friends. Young and old, poor and rich, scholarly gentlemen and illiterate servant girls—only to Father did it seem that they were all alike. That was Father's secret: not that he overlooked the differences in people; that he didn't know they were there. Corrie Ten Boom differences girl father Thank you, Lord, that You are the Conqueror and that You want to make us more than conquerors. Corrie Ten Boom thank-you-lord lord want It hurts when God has to PRY things out of our hand! Corrie Ten Boom it-hurts hurt hands The best learning I had came from teaching. Corrie Ten Boom teaching It is not on our forgiveness any more than on our goodness that the world's healing hinges, but His. When He tells us to love our enemies, He gives, along with the command, the love itself. Corrie Ten Boom healing giving enemy Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden. Corrie Ten Boom prayer worry inspirational If the Gospels were truly the pattern of God’s activity, then defeat was only the beginning. Corrie Ten Boom activity patterns defeat Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart. Corrie Ten Boom forgiveness heart inspirational Forgiveness to letting go of a bell rope. If you have ever seen a country church with a bell in the steeple, you will remember that to get the bell ringing you have to tug awhile. Once it has begun to ring, you merely maintain the momentum. As long as you keep pulling, the bell keeps ringing. Forgiveness is letting go of the rope. It is just that simple. But when you do so, the bell keeps ringing. Momentum is still at work. However, if you keep your hands off the rope, the bell will begin to slow and eventually stop. Corrie Ten Boom forgiveness letting-go country Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future. Corrie Ten Boom keys memories past Hold loosely to the things of this life, so that if God requires them of you, it will be easy to let them go. Corrie Ten Boom this-life ifs easy No pit is so deep that He is not deeper still; with Jesus even in our darkest moments, the best remains and the very best is yet to be. Corrie Ten Boom faith god jesus Love is larger than the walls which shut it in. Corrie Ten Boom hiding-place wall love-is How often it is a small, almost unconscious event that makes a turning point. Corrie Ten Boom turning-points unconscious events I thank You, Jesus, that You brought into my heart God's love through the Holy Spirit. Thank You, Father, that Your love in me is stronger than my hatred. Corrie Ten Boom stronger hatred In darkness God's truth shines most clear. Corrie Ten Boom hiding-place shining darkness When He tells us to love our enemies He gives, along with the command, the love itself. Corrie Ten Boom hiding-place giving enemy If the enemy cannot make you BAD, he’ll make you BUSY. Corrie Ten Boom ifs busy enemy
