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Top 10 Quotes From Corrie ten Boom

In honor of Corrie ten Boom's birthday, I've compiled my personal top ten favorite quotes from this amazing hero of the faith.  As not just a survivor of the holocaust, but an overwhelming conqueror of the enemy, her words deserve some mulling and pondering.  They are tools not just for a war fought 70 years ago, but for the age-old war we all live in...


"When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer."

"In darkness God's truth shines most clear."

"Trying to do the Lord's work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of you."

"Love and obedience belong together."

"We are moons, not suns. The moon only reflects the light of the sun. We need only to reflect His light, then we live to His glory."

"Discernment is God's call to intercession, never to faultfinding."

"There is no pit so deep, that God's love is not deeper still."

"When we are powerless to do a thing, it is a great joy that we can come and step inside the ability of Jesus."

"Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God."

"Every human being is either a missionary or a mission field. Have you never opened you heart to the Lord Jesus? If not, then you are a mission field, and I say to you: Be reconciled to God. Come to Jesus, and take your sins to Him. He died for you on the cross, and He says: 'Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.' Matthew 11:28."


Author's Note:  If you haven't read any of Corrie ten Boom's work, you might appreciate this list of her books as a place to start.  All are available on Amazon, if not your local library.

  • The Hiding Place
  • Tramp for the Lord (my favorite)
  • A Prisoner and Yet
  • Amazing Love: True Stories of the Power of Forgiveness
  • Defeated Enemies




Your Great High Priest

"For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are--yet he did not sin."    - Hebrews 4:15


If you've been judged for giving grace to a sinner...He has, too.  (Luke 7:36-50)

If you've been judged for speaking the truth in love...He has, too.  (John 6:25-66)

If you've been lied about and maligned...He has, too.  (Matthew 12:22-24)

If you've had your words twisted and used against you...He has, too.  (Mark 15:29)

If your intentions have been misinterpreted...His have, too.  (John 12:12-13)

If you've looked at the task you've been called to and wished there was another way...He has, too.  (Luke 22:42)

If you've been deserted by everyone who once committed to stay...He has, too.  (Mark 14:50)

If you've been betrayed by the one who professed to be a friend...He has, too.  (Mark 14:43-46)

If you've been pierced by the ones you're trying to help...He has, too.  (John 19:2, 18,34)

And then, from the cross, unrecognizable as a man, He prayed this prayer,

"Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."  (Luke 23:34)

And you can, too.

Because your priest, the healer of your soul, was never buried into bitterness or apathy.  

He did not quit.

He rose. 

He rose from the tomb and into His Father's arms. 

He rose from the vile accusations of man and into the light of truth.

He rose from the disgrace of being naked on a cross and into the glorious realm that had never ceased to proclaim His majesty.

He rose to make a way for the very ones who scorned him to come to the Father.

And if the Spirit of this beautiful man has taken up residence in you, then you need not die by the criticisms or rejections of mankind.  You, too, can rise above them.  You, too, can extend forgiveness.  (Colossians 3:13)

And to journey forward, you need only look for approval from one pair of eyes.  Eyes that won't be hard to find if you refuse to stare into the gaze of judgment.


For they have never stopped looking at you.  (Romans 8:34)