“‘Sex,’ I was pretty sure, meant whether you were a boy or
girl, and ‘sin’ made Tante Jans very angry, but what the two together meant I
could not imagine. So, seated next to Father in the train compartment, I asked,
‘Father, what is sexsin?’ He stood up, lifted his traveling case from the rack
over our heads, and set it on the floor. ‘Will you carry it off the train,
Corrie?’ he said. I stood up and tugged at it. It was crammed with the watches
and spare parts he’d purchased that morning. ‘It’s too heavy,’ I said. ‘Yes,’
he said. ‘It would be a pretty poor father who would ask his little girl to
carry such a load. It’s the same way, Corrie, with knowledge. Some knowledge is
too heavy for children. When you’re older and stronger you can bear it. For now,
you must trust me to carry it for you.’” – Corrie Ten Boom, The Hiding Place
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