In the Field of Grace

by Tessa Afshar

Boaz’s brilliance in handling the human heart.

“Then the Lord asked me, ‘Do you think he understands? Do you think he knows what your world is like now?’ “‘No, Lord,’ I replied. ‘How could he? He only knows his mother’s womb. His world is too small. I could use every word the world has to offer and he would still not perceive our world. He has to be in it to understand.’ “‘No more can you understand My kingdom,’ He said to me. ‘No more can you perceive where your wife and daughter and newborn son reside now. Yet that world is no less real than your own.’ ”