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

by Francine Rivers

“I believe everything you’ve told me, Rapha. I swear it. I know God exists. I know he’s powerful.” “Even the demons believe, Alexander.” His hands tightened as he turned her to face him. Filled with an inexplicable fury, he swept the veils from her face so he could see her eyes. “What are you saying? That I’m a demon in your eyes?” “I’m saying your knowledge is all in your head, and that’s not enough. Saving knowledge is of the heart.” “I want saving knowledge,” he said, mollified, thinking again of Venescia. “What do you think I’ve been asking for all this time we’ve been together?” Hadassah shook her head. His hands dropped from her shoulders, and she sank down on a stool. Alexander went down on one knee before her and put his hands on her knees. “I believe, Rapha. I say all the prayers I’ve heard you say exactly the same, and still I never have the answers I need. Tell me where I’m going wrong.” “Maybe you receive no answers because you’re asking for the wrong things.” She put her hands over his. “Maybe what you really desire is God’s power and not his revealed wisdom.” Alexander let out his breath. “I’d take either one if it would help that woman get well. That’s all I want, Rapha, to heal people.” “It’s what I want, too, only in a different realm. God comes first.”