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The Hiding Place
by Corrie ten Boom
I’ve never been one to choose nonfiction over my thrillers and contemporary fiction novels, but I’m so glad Nate introduced me to Corrie ten Boom and her family. It’s a story of unwavering faith, God’s strength replacing our own, and heartbreak that came at the perfect time (just as God always does).
In ways I could never imagine having to face myself, the ten Booms put so many lives before their own to fight against evil. Even pastors gave in to the fear, the hate, and refused to take part in the underground network.
Even in their 10 months of imprisonment in confinement and concentration camps, Corrie and her sister, Betsie, found beauty and joy in the ants crawling through the cells and kept their ever-growing close relationship with her Father, preaching the Gospel in every room they stepped in.
I, in my own (much less physically tormenting) devastation, have found myself failing to truly trust in God. To be able to look to Him with love and trust without fail for all that time and unknown… It’s definitely changed my heart to be more intentional with my trust through the future.
I long to be like Betsie: seeing a hurting human in need of love rather than seeing someone hurtful and hateful. Corrie once described her sister’s near excitement at learning they were still prisoners teased with freedom, knowing of the guards she could “teach to love.” Another time, upon learning the name of the man who betrayed them, while Corrie felt overwhelming anger and hatred toward the man, Betsie felt sorrow and love for him, for she thought he must also be suffering greatly. That, there, is the true heart of Jesus. One I pray to have, but often fail at demonstrating.
I hope it’s obvious through my review that The Hiding Place is a must-read. Especially thinking of the large- and small-scale struggles our world has faced in the last few years and currently, this book is full of Corrie ten Boom’s words to be carried in the hearts of everyone who reads them.
In ways I could never imagine having to face myself, the ten Booms put so many lives before their own to fight against evil. Even pastors gave in to the fear, the hate, and refused to take part in the underground network.
Even in their 10 months of imprisonment in confinement and concentration camps, Corrie and her sister, Betsie, found beauty and joy in the ants crawling through the cells and kept their ever-growing close relationship with her Father, preaching the Gospel in every room they stepped in.
I, in my own (much less physically tormenting) devastation, have found myself failing to truly trust in God. To be able to look to Him with love and trust without fail for all that time and unknown… It’s definitely changed my heart to be more intentional with my trust through the future.
I long to be like Betsie: seeing a hurting human in need of love rather than seeing someone hurtful and hateful. Corrie once described her sister’s near excitement at learning they were still prisoners teased with freedom, knowing of the guards she could “teach to love.” Another time, upon learning the name of the man who betrayed them, while Corrie felt overwhelming anger and hatred toward the man, Betsie felt sorrow and love for him, for she thought he must also be suffering greatly. That, there, is the true heart of Jesus. One I pray to have, but often fail at demonstrating.
I hope it’s obvious through my review that The Hiding Place is a must-read. Especially thinking of the large- and small-scale struggles our world has faced in the last few years and currently, this book is full of Corrie ten Boom’s words to be carried in the hearts of everyone who reads them.