A Voice in the Wind (Mark of the Lion #1)

by Francine Rivers

Oh, Marcus, you can’t carve God in stone. You can’t limit him to a temple. You can’t imprison him on a mountaintop. Heaven is his throne; earth, his footstool. Everything you see is his. Empires will rise and empires will fall. Only God prevails.”

“You have whatever strength God has given you, and it will be enough to carry out his good purpose. Trust in him.”

“We sow in tears that we might harvest in joy. Be obedient to the Lord’s will. Love Julia despite what she does, that through you she might come to know Christ’s surpassing grace and mercy. Be faithful, that she and the others might be sanctified.”

“You don’t fight him. Resist evil and be strong in the Lord, Hadassah, and in the strength of God’s might. He’s given you armor for the battle.

“God doesn’t fail in his good purpose. Trust in him, and in his time he’ll open your mouth and give you the words to speak.”

“Unless we have something worth dying for, Atretes, we’ve nothing worth living for.”

Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him,’” she said. She smiled up at him. “Whatever happens is to his good purpose and for his glory. I’m not afraid.”

looking back at my highlights from this book & i love hadassah so much😭 how we should all have this attitude when going through trials — reminds me of Romans 8:28-29