We Did It!

Well, we did it!

Our Book Discussion Group is finally off the ground. Last night's meeting was a great success. The time of agreeing prayer was very special.

I think we all agreed that as daunting as The Hiding Place seemed to be at the outset, we couldn't put it down and we learned so much that we can apply to our daily lives today. We learned about being better parents, better prayers, and how to trust the Lord's protection and provision in all circumstances.

Lord, help us to abide in You, so we can hear You and do Your will...

So many blessings!

The Hiding Place ~ by Corrie ten Boom

The Hiding Place is a 1971 book on the life of Corrie ten Boom, written by ten Boom together with John and Elizabeth Sherrill.

The idea of a book on ten Boom's life began as John and Elizabeth Sherrill were doing research for the book God's Smuggler, about ten Boom's fellow Dutchman, Brother Andrew. Corrie ten Boom was already in her mid-seventies when the Sherills first heard about her. She was one of Brother Andrew's favorite traveling companions and many of his recollections were about her. In the preface to the book, the Sherills recount:

...his [Brother Andrew's] fascinating stories about her in Vietnam, where she had earned that most honorable title "Double-old Grandmother" - and in a dozen other Communist countries - came to mind so often that we finally had to hold up her hands to stop his flow of reminiscence. "We could never fit her into the book," we said. "She sounds like a book in herself." It's the sort of thing you say. Not meaning anything.

It was later made into a film of the same name.

The title refers to both the physical hiding place where the ten Boom family secreted Jews from the Nazis, and also to the Scriptural message from Psalm 119:114 ~ which states in part, "Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word... Hold thou me up, and I..." *

Source: Wikipedia ~ The Hiding Place (biography)
* Source quotes this verse is in the book of Isaiah, but it has been correctly quoted above as Psalm 119:114.

November 2008 Discussion

First Meeting:

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 ~ 6 PM ~ At Traci's home

Reading:

The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
[Christian, Non-Fiction, Historical, Autobiographical]

Please Bring:
~ Book of the month
~ Notes or Thoughts about the book
(especially thinking about how you can apply what you read to your life, or can you?)
~ Snack to share, if you like
~ Book selections for future meetings