Sapphire Ice (Jewel #1)

by Hallee Bridgeman

He had transformed himself, but his Savior had transformed him even more completely before Tony ever began that process, and Tony admitted that fact and felt humbled by it.

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men. Colossians 3:23

Wondered who this man was who was such a huge financial success, but who wouldn’t eat until he’d prayed to God to bless it. What did he think of her, if at all, and her lack of prayer, her lack of God?

Having seen the darker side of the world, of humanity, she wondered how God could even exist. Who let little girls get beaten, starved, terrified, raped? What God would allow that? What kind of God would turn His back on mothers who pumped their bodies full of chemicals and latched on to any man who would take her and her three children in, regardless of the consequence to the daughters?

“I learned the most important thing of all, that no matter what I did up until that moment, I was forgiven. The almighty, all-powerful, all-knowing God who created the universe and time knew everything I had ever done, every thought I ever had, and He still loved me and forgave me. As if I had never done any of it, as if I had never thought any of it. He forgave ME and he loved ME.”

“I stayed faithful to God, and He stayed faithful to me. I tithed with passion, studied the Bible with passion, prayed over every business venture I made, and God continued to bless me.”

The Bible is not one book. It’s like a library of books that are sorted by type. You have the law, which is in the front. You have prophets, poems, wisdom, eyewitnesses to Christ Jesus, letters, what our future will bring. You can read any book in any order you want. Start with Mark, it’s a quick read and he talks all about what Jesus did. Then go to John. He was with Jesus, and saw the same things Mark spoke of, but used more words to describe them and focused a lot more on what Jesus said.”