Some knowledge is too heavy for children. When you are older and stronger, you can bear it. For now you must trust me to carry it for you. And I was satisfied. More than satisfied--wonderfully at peace. There were answers to mmy hard questions--for now, I was content to leave them in my father's keeping.
Corrie Ten BoomHappiness isn't something that depends on our surroundings... It's something we make inside ourselves.
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.
Corrie Ten BoomHold loosely to the things of this life, so that if God requires them of you, it will be easy to let them go.
Corrie Ten BoomThis is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see.
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