An Echo in the Darkness (Mark of the Lion, #2)

by Francine Rivers

insatiable for knowledge while remaining blind to wisdom.

“Is it better to hide from what’s happening in the world than to know?”

Jesus fulfilled and, thereby, abolished the Law.

A Jew isn’t a Jew without the Law. It’s the air they breathe.”

They’ve got more laws than Rome, and they’re adding to them all the time. They’ve got their Torah, written by Moses. Then they’ve got their civil and moral laws. They’ve even got dietary laws. Then they’ve got their traditions. I swear Jews have laws about everything, even how and where a man can relieve himself!”

“A shepherd has time to think.”

Hadassah had a resilience that defied reason.

“We were all created incomplete and will find no rest until we satisfy the deepest hunger and thirst within us.

Search all you will for retribution or meaning to your life, but until you find God, you live in vain.”

“The Lord doesn’t tempt you. Satan does.

“It says in Proverbs there are six things the Lord hates, yes, seven are an abomination to Him: a proud look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift in running to evil, a false witness who speaks lies, and one who sows discord among brethren.

Don’t look to man for understanding or to yourself for what you need. God sees your pain and your struggle, and God will give you the strength to overcome it. God alone can do it.”