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	• Tramp For The Lord Pillar Books, 1976 average customer review:based on 23 reviews
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Tramp for the Lord

I purchased this for my 30 year old daughter for Christmas, at her request. She had read The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom and loved it. Corrie is one of the most inspirational Christian women I have ever read. I enjoyed reading her books back in the 70's and now her books seem to be making a comeback in the next generation. It's because her strong testimony is so timeless. Her love and devotion to the Lord is awe inspiring as she tells of her story of being imprisoned during WWII for hiding Jews in their house. This book just carries on her message of how she still "Tramps for the Lord." A MUST read, no matter how young or old.

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great book

This is a wonderful book that will keep you wanting to read it until you are done.

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Like a photo album or a special exhibit

Having lost her family and her home after her imprisonment in the Ravensbruck camp, few people would have thought that Corrie ten Boom could have accomplished much. But in the years that followed, this elderly Dutch spinster traveled the world, spreading the Gospel boldly in over sixty countries. In this book, Corrie relates some of her experiences as she follows the Lord's voice, telling His story and her own to prisoners, leprosy patients, Communists, politicians, and many others along the way.

This book, like many of Miss ten Boom's other writings, is a precious treasure. It is not, like "The Hiding Place", a complete narrative telling a single story, but is more like looking at a photo album or a career retrospective, as each chapter is a separate incident, experience, anecdote, or lesson. You will find it's a quick and easy read, but the lessons Corrie learned and shares here are both profound and eternal.

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MAKING SEEING EYES BLIND AND BLIND EYES SEE

While standing in line for a customs check, Corrie's pulse rate increased. Her suitcase was loaded with Bibles--a forbidden item in this Communist country. "My your suitcase is heavy!" the official remarked. "Yes, it is," she agreed! Would those precious Bibles pass customs? Read TRAMP FOR THE LORD, by Corrie ten Boom and find out!

Corrie bares her soul in this book by citing experiences during her world travels and the spiritual lessons they taught her. These lessons were also very beneficial to me in my spiritual journey. May I list some of my favorite quotes?

"When the Bible interferes with man's theology, it always causes a strain."

"I can't store up good feelings and behavior--but only draw them fresh from God each day."

"The Bible tells us that the Antichrist can imitate much, even the gifts of the Spirit. But there is one thing he cannot immitate, and that is the peace of God which passes all understanding."

If the reader reads with an open, teachable mind, this book rates higher than 5 stars!

Betty L. Sheldon, author of OMNIPIECE

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Great Classic, Old Friend

Many people have read or heard stories from The Hiding Place (Hendrickson Classic Biographies), by Corrie Ten Boom. Fewer have read the author's sequel, entitled Tramp for the Lord. I consider it one of the best books I've ever read. My wife and I have discussed parts of it on many occasions, and it sits on a shelf with just a few other books that we consider truly classic--books that we keep close to refer to over and over when we are seeking inspiration or epiphany. This book never fails to deliver needed wisdom.

Part of its brilliance is the sheer number of topics it addresses, and another is that it teaches almost everything in the format of stories. I weep, laugh and feel comforted all through the book. Another strength that is that it can be read a verse, chapter or story at a time--in chronological order or just by skipping around.

Whatever your religious persuasion, this book is a testament that miracles are real. For example, when Corrie is asked to forgive the man who was a cruel guard and tormentor while she was a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp, the reader gets to share her thoughts, doubts, struggles and eventual surrender to goodness. A miracle.

Above all, this book is incredible due to the humility of the author. She tells you of her flaws, doubts, mistakes and weaknesses, with authentic humility. There is no pretense at all, just simple honesty and candor. This is moving and disarmingly profound.

Clearly I'm a fan. The overall message, at the least for me, is found on page 29:

"What I spent, I had; what I saved, I lost; what I gave, I have."

Like Frankl, wrote about the same era, Boom brings the reader into the darkest environments of the twentieth century, and finds there something amazing---hope, love and light---all because of faith. But then, perhaps even rarer still, this books takes us into the decades of peace and prosperity that followed, and teaches us the lessons Corrie learns as she travels the world to follow her mission and serve people.

She meets prisoners in Africa, affluent Americans, struggling people in Latin America, the educated and the impoverished, and seemingly everything in between---and she has the same message and example for them all.

She shares lessons learned on travel, public speaking, fund raising, broken agreements, fear and overwhelm, facing one's limitations, dealing with enemies and detractors, overcoming depression and anger, learning to be happy and embrace inner peace, and ultimately finding the simple faith to take action against overwhelming odds and just believe regardless of appearances. Through it all her guiding principles prove triumphant again and again. "He will never let you down," and "God will provide."

The author's worldview is patently religious, and may be strange in places for non-Christian readers. Even so, the chapter entitled "Love Your Enemy" must be one of the best chapters in twentieth century literature. Whatever ones religion or beliefs, this chapter is a "must read." It is perhaps the most eloquent descriptions of the World War II era ever recorded.

I consider Tramp for the Lord a great classic and an old friend, and I look forward to the many nuggets of additional wisdom and inspiration I know I'll find in it in the years ahead.

-od

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