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The Hiding Place
by Corrie ten Boom
“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.”
Do you ever have those books that EVERYONE has read & you’re ashamed to admit you haven’t? This was one of those books for me. I was very familiar with the story of the ten Booms, having read & re-read an abridged children’s version when I was in elementary school. Despite knowing how the story ends & the amazing resilience of Corrie, this book blew me out of the water. Not only does the book paint the picture of suffering in German prisons & concentration camps, but it gives the vivid portrait of the family life of the ten Booms, long before World War 2. The connection felt in the first half of the book makes the second half even more devastating, but I’m so thankful I read it. It really puts in to perspective our “first world problems” & how bitter & resentful we can become over much smaller offenses than Corrie & Betsie endured. I highly recommend this book to all Christians.
Do you ever have those books that EVERYONE has read & you’re ashamed to admit you haven’t? This was one of those books for me. I was very familiar with the story of the ten Booms, having read & re-read an abridged children’s version when I was in elementary school. Despite knowing how the story ends & the amazing resilience of Corrie, this book blew me out of the water. Not only does the book paint the picture of suffering in German prisons & concentration camps, but it gives the vivid portrait of the family life of the ten Booms, long before World War 2. The connection felt in the first half of the book makes the second half even more devastating, but I’m so thankful I read it. It really puts in to perspective our “first world problems” & how bitter & resentful we can become over much smaller offenses than Corrie & Betsie endured. I highly recommend this book to all Christians.