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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength. it does not enable us to escape evil. It makes us unfit to face evil when it comes. it is the interest you pay on trouble before it comes.

Corrie Ten Boom

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Corrie Ten Boom
Age: 90 †
Born: 1892
Born: April 15
Died: 1983
Died: April 15
Author
Autobiographer
Resistance Fighter
Writer
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Cornelia Arnolda Johanna ten Boom
Evil
Pay
Comes
Tomorrow
Makes
Strength
Empties
Doe
Worry
Unfit
Today
Trouble
Enable
Face
Escape
Interest
Sorrow
Faces
Empty

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