I recently finished and reviewed the book by Pamela Rosewell Moore about the last five years of Corrie Ten Boom’s life. I have revered this great heroine of the faith since I read her book THE HIDING PLACE and then watched the movie. What horrors she endured! I got so much from this latest five-star read that I want to share some quotations for you to ponder and enjoy.

Quotation #1

“…you have got to learn to see great things as great and small things as small.”

I am not suffering anything like what Corrie suffered, but her quotation is helping me not to lose hope. So, in the scheme of things, the length of time that is taking me to heal is a small thing.

Quotation #2

“Child, it is not as much what happens, but how we take it that is important. God is watching to see whether we allow the problems to defeat us, or whether we will go through them in His strength, being made stronger for the next problem and ultimately for the final end battle.”

For those of you praying for me, my prayer request is that I will not allow this temporary setback to defeat me but that I will be able to go through it with God’s strength, ready to tackle the next battle in my life.

Quotation #3

Everything that happens to us in life is training for the work we will do next.”

I don’t know what I’m going to be doing next, but I’m excited to see where the Lord is leading me during this time of struggle.

Quotation #4

“How gracious the Lord is that He does not normally reveal the future to us, but shows us the way to go one step at a time so that we learn to rely on Him from day to day.”

I heard a pastor tell me once that God only gives us the train ticket when the train is in the station. Meanwhile, we wait and depend on Him, trusting that He has our best interests at heart and He loves us. Reflecting back on it, I am fairly certain that this analogy he used was from Corrie Ten Boom and her book THE HIDING PLACE.

Quotation #5

“‘It is not so much what happens, but how we take it, that is important…'”Through the hard circumstances of the last years of her life, the Lord has shown me a paradox: The deepest fellowship with Him lies not in resisting when suffering comes our way, but in going through it resolutely with Him.”

I have not mentioned it online, but I have been having a hard time lately and ended up in the ER on Monday due to the pain I was having whenever I would swallow. After over seven hours and multiple consultations with my surgeon, as well as testing again, it was decided to send me home with medication to coat my esophagus so that I could eat. My other instruction was to schedule another appointment with my surgeon, which is tomorrow. This quotation has been a great comfort to me lately as my diet was restricted even more (again) and although I am no longer in pain, I have no idea what is going on with my digestive system that just underwent surgery. This quotation comes from Corrie before she suffered a debilitating stroke. She was determined in her heart and mind to go through it resolutely with the Lord, just as she had suffered through the Nazi concentration camp. Likewise, I am determined to go through whatever I have to go through in order to come out on the other side and hear God’s marching orders for my next task in life.

Prayers for blessings in your lives! And I hope that you will find this book, buy it and read it. It’s a treasure!