bitterness.<\/a><\/p>\nShe traveled the world. Sometimes, she wasn\u2019t very well accepted as the preacher. In her book, \u201cTramp for the Lord,\u201d Ten Boom wrote about one occasion when she was speaking to a group of Germans who prided themselves as intellectuals. She wrote, \u201cThey would not receive me because they felt that they were more profound in their theology than I.\u201d<\/p>\n
The next time she went to speak, she brought them chocolate as a gift, a rarity after the war. They eagerly accepted the gift. Then Ten Boom pointed out that they didn\u2019t question the origin of the chocolate, was it Holland or Germany. \u201cInstead of analyzing it, you just ate it,\u201d she told them.<\/p>\n
Then she picked up her Bible and said, \u201cIt is the same with this Book. If you try to analyze it as a book of science or even a book of theology, you cannot be nourished by it. Like chocolate, it is to be eaten and enjoyed, not picked apart bit by bit.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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