tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post4323682082253697930..comments2024-03-28T07:00:05.364+00:00Comments on More than Writers: Jesus is Victor by Mandy Baker Johnsonauntyamohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213728883228063200noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-51490293775832396022015-07-08T09:19:01.071+01:002015-07-08T09:19:01.071+01:00Thanks for your encouragement Deborah xThanks for your encouragement Deborah xMandy Baker Johnsonhttp://www.mandybakerjohnson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-1141441534981512872015-07-07T20:13:17.464+01:002015-07-07T20:13:17.464+01:00A powerful post. I loved that book and also read i...A powerful post. I loved that book and also read it at a difficult time in my life. She is an inspirational woman. As are you. Thank you :)Deborah Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11156120348177986321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-19273385322703468402015-07-07T18:42:44.445+01:002015-07-07T18:42:44.445+01:00That's right Fran. Wonder how many lives Corri...That's right Fran. Wonder how many lives Corrie has touched over the years? Some achievement for a little watch repairer in a small town in Holland!Mandy Baker Johnsonhttp://www.mandybakerjohnson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-44546598912466972412015-07-07T18:29:10.748+01:002015-07-07T18:29:10.748+01:00I remember reading 'The Hiding Place'. So ...I remember reading 'The Hiding Place'. So moving. I recall her saying that her father told her not to worry about the future because you don't get the strength you need for the future before the future! Something like that - I think she used the train metaphor. You don't get the ticket to get on the train before you need the train. That always stayed with me. Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-19403546636191608672015-07-07T16:34:05.963+01:002015-07-07T16:34:05.963+01:00Yes, the embroidered crown is a beautiful illustra...Yes, the embroidered crown is a beautiful illustration, isn't it.Mandy Baker Johnsonhttp://www.mandybakerjohnson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-32405495325447354172015-07-07T15:40:21.874+01:002015-07-07T15:40:21.874+01:00We visited the house some years ago, and I too was...We visited the house some years ago, and I too was amazed at the tiny size of the hiding place, and also of Corrie's bedroom and the little square of flat roof where the hidden ones sometimes went out for a breath of air. The embroidered golden crown on a dark blue ground was so meaningful, hanging with the underside outwards to show the mass of tangled threads.<br />Eleanor Watkinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-41322867203223390762015-07-07T10:58:52.215+01:002015-07-07T10:58:52.215+01:00It was really fascinating Sheila, and especially b...It was really fascinating Sheila, and especially because (judging from a pendant necklace) our guide was a Messianic Jew. I kept looking at her and thinking how the wicked Nazi regime would have wanted her killed without a second thought. Something else we learned that I hadn't realised before was that Hitler and his closest henchmen were all heavily into the occult. Not surprising really, considering the evil things they did. <br /><br />Seeing the house made it all so real. And I couldn't believe how tiny the hiding place actually was. It was just about the width of a person's body, maybe very slightly wider. Must have been awful stuck there wondering what would happen and if they would ever get out alive. But praise God they all did.Mandy Baker Johnsonhttp://www.mandybakerjohnson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-27002465517928111442015-07-07T10:44:26.317+01:002015-07-07T10:44:26.317+01:00This is a very interesting and moving post. I read...This is a very interesting and moving post. I read "The Hiding Place" several years ago and it is one of the books where I find aspects of it return to me again and again at unexpected times, during the course of my life. In particular, Corrie's attitude to the events she experienced - particularly when she held bible studies whilst imprisoned in Ravensbruck, and was able to do so unhindered, because the infestation of fleas discouraged the guards from entering... and so she thanked God for the fleas! There are many other elements of Corrie's story which I believe have deep relevance to us in our lives, even without having ever experienced the horrors of the Nazi holocaust. I've visited Anne Frank's house, but not Corrie's, and I imagine it would have a profound effect upon visitors.SC Skillmanhttp://www.scskillman.co.uknoreply@blogger.com