Corrie ten Boom, the Dutch watchmaker turned writer is the perfect example of a woman whose faith in God helped her overcome the darkest hours of her life. Surviving the holocaust, she was truly a beacon of light to everyone she came across, which is why I’d like to share some of my favorite Corrie ten Boom quotes.
Hopefully, they will help you gain a better perspective on life, and possibly give you some spiritual guidance when you’re feeling lost. Truth be told, they’ve helped me get through some pretty hard times.
37 Amazing Corrie Ten Boom Quotes You’ll Love to Read
Inspirational Corrie Ten Boom Quotes About Love and God
#1. “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.”
#2. “Even as the angry vengeful thoughts boiled through me, I saw the sin of them. 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… Jesus, I cannot forgive him. Give me your forgiveness… 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. When he tells us to love our enemies, he gives along with the command, the love itself.”
#3. “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.”
#4. “Trying to do the Lord’s work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of you.”
#5. “If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed. If you look within, you’ll be depressed. But if you look at Christ, you’ll be at rest.”
#6. “You can never learn that Christ is all you need until Christ is all you have.”
Cherished Corrie Ten Boom Quotes
#7. “Don’t bother to give God instructions, just report for duty.”
#8. “Some knowledge is too heavy… you cannot bear it… your Father will carry it until you are able.”
#9. “Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.”
#10. “In darkness, God’s truth shines most clear.”
#11. “With Jesus, even in our darkest moments the best remains and the very best is yet to be.”
#12. “What wings are to a bird and sails to a ship, so is prayer to the soul.”
#13. “It is not my ability, but my response to God’s ability that counts.”
#14. “Don’t pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it. A man is powerful on his knees.”
#15. “If God sends us on stony paths, he provides strong shoes.”
#16. “Worry is like a rocking chair: it keeps you moving but doesn’t get you anywhere.”
#17. “There is no pit so deep, that God’s love is not deeper still.”
#18. “The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.”
#19. “Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.”
#20. “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.”
#21. “You will find it is necessary to let things go, simply for the reason that they are too heavy.”
#22. “God never measures the mind… He always put His tape measure in the HEART.”
#23. “Discernment is God’s call to intercession, never to faultfinding.”
#24. “Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.”
Wise Corrie Ten Boom Quotes
#25. “Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.”
#26. “There is no panic in Heaven! God has no problems, only plans.”
#27. “When I try, I fail. When I trust, he succeeds.”
#28. “Let God’s promises shine on your problems.”
#29. “Now, I know in my experience that Jesus’ light is stronger than the biggest darkness.”
#30. “Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?”
#31. “Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.”
#32. “Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.”
#33. “The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.”
#34. “Happiness isn’t something that depends on our surroundings…it’s something we make inside ourselves.”
#35. “Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.”
#36. “If the devil cannot make us bad, he will make us busy.”
#37. “Love is larger than the walls which shut it in.”
In Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed reading these quotes as much as I did. Corrie ten Boom was truly an astonishing lady, with a heart of gold. Through her wise words, she reminds me to always be grateful for all that I have and to keep living my life to the fullest.
So, if you’re going through a rough patch and you need a bit of light in your life, these Corrie ten Boom quotes are a must-read. And, if you’re looking for something more, I highly recommend that you check out one of her amazing books, for example ― The Hiding Place. It may end up changing your life!
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