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

by Francine Rivers

She was not just a body to work on. She was a suffering human being.

His heart pounding, Alexander turned toward his home and began to run, urged on by a still, small voice in the wind.

“God speaks . . . a still, small voice in the wind.”

“Perhaps if you try to remember how Hadassah lived instead of the way she died.”

“Whatever it may appear, the world belongs to the Lord, Alexander. What have I to fear?”

“God created mankind to live in a love relationship with him and to reflect his character. People weren’t created to live independent from God.”

“When you see faith like that, you have to believe there’s something to it.”

“According to Paul, all things were created by this god you seek. Doesn’t it stand to reason, he can send word to you by any means he chooses?”

“The dolphin is a symbol we all recognize, my lord, even those who have no faith in any religion. Perhaps God sent the dolphin to give you hope.”

God had heard her prayer. He now heard the singing of her heart.

Life is like a pond, and every decision and act we commit, good or bad, is a pebble flung into it. The ripples spread in widening circles.

The answer isn’t in removing things from your life or adding more rules to follow. The answer is giving your life back to the God who created you. And he’s every bit as real as flesh and blood, the earth, reason.

Amazing how silence could speak volumes.

“The most ordinary things of life are extraordinary.

“Each one is precious in God’s sight.”