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

by Francine Rivers

Her father had said suffering brought endurance in order that one might be strengthened for whatever lay ahead.

Come, and let us return to the Lord;’” the woman whispered, “‘For He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up. After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His sight.’” Voice trembling, Hadassah took up where the woman had stopped, reciting the words of the prophet Hosea. “‘Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord; his appearing is as sure as the dawn; he will come to us like the showers, like the spring rains that water the earth.’” The woman took Hadassah’s hand. “Why is it only in darkness that we remember what sustained us even in the light?

Did freedom have to mean abolishing common decency? Did freedom mean anyone could do anything they wanted anytime they wanted, without consequences?

“Calamity is blessing when it brings one to God.”