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4.3 AVERAGE
4.3 AVERAGE
Even at the height of her ministry, Corrie is as honest about her sinful internal struggles as she is about her perceived victories, giving hope to us all that God really does use whomever He desires however He needs if we're only willing <3
What an encouraging woman! To think that in 1970 she came to my town to speak. Would that I were I alive to hear her! This book is a must read for long time and new Christians alike. Corrie never beats people over the head, she gently comes along side to teach the Lord's lessons. A few chapters towards the end really struck home and I felt as though she were talking directly to me. It is also refreshing the way she deals with her own sin, in that she doesn't sugar coat her life to make it seem she is the perfect Christian. She is open and honest and humble, a rarity in today's society. I only wish I would have read this sooner (Sorry I didn't listen to my mother's kind persistence that this is a book I needed to read), but I'm sure it came at the right time. I highly recommend this to everyone.
Picking up the story were "A Hiding Place" stops this book begins. Looking at the struggle to find forgiveness and Carrie’s journey around the world, sharing her story, this book filled me with inspiration. It made me look at my life and the lessons I’ve learnt. It made me look at my relationship with God. I would 100% recommend reading “A Hiding Place” first.
Synopsis from BarnesandNoble.com: This is Corrie ten Boom's story: beginning where her profoundly moving bestseller ended, taking us on a uniquely thrilling tour to the nearest and farthest corners of the earth. She is a modest and simple woman who has seen and known a world few others could imagine; a survivor of Hitler's worst concentration camps and one of the most remarkable evangelists of our time. \nWhen Corrie ten Boom was released from the concentration camp in Germany, she took with her a vision in her heart. A vision given to her by her sister who died in camp. A vision to be hope and work towards restoration and forgiveness�in Germany and around the world.\nThis is the story of �Tante Corrie� fulfilling that vision. With the help of God. The book provides various short vignettes of her travels and her speaking and her life. She is very real, showing where she in her humanness failed but God�s grace was redemptive.\nCorrie ten Boom and her life are beyond inspiring. It leaves me asking God: what more do you have for me to do? I mean, if He can use a 70 and 80 year old woman to bring salvation to those around the world�surely He has something more for me. But perhaps I need to start with the small works He�s placed in front of me � and focus on doing them totally surrendered and with all my heart.\nMy only qualm with the book (and it�s a small one) is that my very left brained mind would have preferred for the antic dotes to be in chronological order. But even with them hodge podge, what an example to learn from!\n
I found the parts on forgiveness and transformation of the heart to be the most meaningful. The encounter with the guard from Ravensbruck was powerful - a demonstration of the power of the spirit of God. However, her writing showed a more aggressive (overbearing?) stance in ministering to strangers than I would be comfortable taking- but that might be my issue.
“When He tells you to love your enemies, He gives you the love that he demands of you.”
“When He tells you to love your enemies, He gives you the love that he demands of you.”
Preachy, preachy, preachy. I loved "The Hiding Place" but really hated this book. First of all, it's a collection of essays, not actually a continued autobiography. Second, it was so extremely preachy and I say this as a Christian myself. I really tired of Corrie turning down a donation because the woman didn't convert from Corrie's speech, Corrie forcefully converting the Jews (I'm under the impression that either she wasn't like that in the Hiding-Place days or at least didn't show it), etc etc.