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“For most of her life, one man had told her that she was useless and incapable. That nothing she did was worthy of his approval.
The golden cup told a different story.
It said that a king disagreed with her father's assessment. The ruler of two-thirds of the known world thought her gifted. Worthy of his special favor.
Now she had to decide whose voice she would listen to. Whose voice shaped her world.
Against every expectation, she had not landed in a pit. Somehow, God had turned the threads of her failure into a precious moment of redemption.
She did not want to waste this grace.”
― The Queen's Cook
The golden cup told a different story.
It said that a king disagreed with her father's assessment. The ruler of two-thirds of the known world thought her gifted. Worthy of his special favor.
Now she had to decide whose voice she would listen to. Whose voice shaped her world.
Against every expectation, she had not landed in a pit. Somehow, God had turned the threads of her failure into a precious moment of redemption.
She did not want to waste this grace.”
― The Queen's Cook
“Perhaps it is not so much how high your position or how great your influence," Jemmah said slowly. "Perhaps what matters is whether you are a perfect fit in God's plan. A lowly profession can hide an exalted ability.”
― The Peasant King
― The Peasant King
“Forgive me, Lord. Breach whatever wall I built in your way.”
― The Queen's Cook
― The Queen's Cook
“I am older now and have learned many things. I have learned, for instance, that God allows us to hold on to our human defenses for only so long. At times, he himself calls them forth, permitting them to function for a season in order to guard us from harm. But a day will come when, in his eyes, they have served their purpose and must be removed.
The hour your soul grows attached to that defense-- the moment your heart clings to it too much for safety-- is the moment God rises in his mercy to destroy it.”
― The Royal Artisan
The hour your soul grows attached to that defense-- the moment your heart clings to it too much for safety-- is the moment God rises in his mercy to destroy it.”
― The Royal Artisan
“She thought of God, who had followed Darab to be a slave for six agonizing years. Who had not helped Adin's precious Hulda when she grew sick after just seven months of marriage. Clearly, he was not a God who offered certainties.
Yet somehow, they clung to him. Even Esther, who had known she might die when she approached the king without an invitation, had chosen to obey him rather than pursue her own safety.
Roxannah exhaled. That seemed her own path now. Obedience, even though it meant walking under the ominous shadow of disaster. Adin said God would help her, and she believed him. Whatever the outcome.”
― The Queen's Cook
Yet somehow, they clung to him. Even Esther, who had known she might die when she approached the king without an invitation, had chosen to obey him rather than pursue her own safety.
Roxannah exhaled. That seemed her own path now. Obedience, even though it meant walking under the ominous shadow of disaster. Adin said God would help her, and she believed him. Whatever the outcome.”
― The Queen's Cook
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