Corrie Ten Boom Quotes About Children
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Child, you have to learn to see things in the right proportions. Learn to see great things great and small things small.
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I would much rather be the trusting child of a rich Father, than a beggar at the door of worldly men.
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Children need the wisdom of their elders; the aging need the encouragement of a child's exuberance.
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One day as Father and I were returning from our walk we found the Grote Markt cordoned off by a double ring of police and soldiers. A truck was parked in front of the fish mart; into the back were climbing men, women, and children, all wearing the yellow star. . . . "Father! Those poor people!" I cried. . . . "Those poor people," Father echoed. But to my surprise I saw that he was looking at the solders now forming into ranks to march away. "I pity the poor Germans, Corrie. They have touched the apple of God's eye.
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You saw we could lose our lives for this child. I would consider that the greatest honor that could come to my family.
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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.
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