The tree on the mountain takes whatever the weather brings. If it has any choice at all, it is in putting down roots as deeply as possible.”—Each New Day
CORRIE TEN BOOMIf a bird is flying for pleasure, it flies with the wind, but if it meets danger it turns and faces the wind, in order that it may rise higher.
More Corrie ten Boom Quotes
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If God has called you, do not spend time looking over your shoulder to see who is following you.
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If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed. If you look within, you’ll be depressed. If you look at God you’ll be at rest.
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There is no pit so deep, that God’s love is not deeper still.
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The school of life offers some difficult courses, but it is in the difficult class that one learns the most.
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As a camel kneels before his master to have him remove his burden at the end of the day, so kneel each night and let the Master take your burden.
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What a sad mistake we sometimes make when we think that God only cares about Christians.
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Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.
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Four marks of true repentance are: acknowledgement of wrong, willingness to confess it, willingness to abandon it, and willingness to make restitution.
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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
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Happiness isn’t something that depends on our surroundings, It’s something we make inside ourselves.
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If you cannot find time to pray, ask for forgiveness. Ask to be cleansed of the sin of having no time to pray. It could be that Satan is pushing you into too much work so that you cannot take time to pray.
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Faith is like radar that sees through the fog — the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot see.
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We must mirror God’s love in the midst of a world full of hatred. We are the mirrors of God’s love, so we may show Jesus by our lives.
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When we are powerless to do a thing, it is a great joy that we can come and step inside the ability of Jesus.
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There are no ‘ifs’ in God’s Kingdom. His timing is perfect. His will is our hiding place. Lord Jesus, keep me in Your will! Don’t let me go mad by poking about outside it.
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