Daughter of Rome Quotes

“With the ease of long familiarity, they slipped into the hallowed in-between place which is prayer, one foot firmly in the world, and another on a higher plane. The spoke to God, they walked with Yeshua (Jesus), they heard from the Spirit. They were filled, once more, with the wonder of the Father, who loved them and rejoiced over them.”
― Tessa Afshar, Daughter of Rome

“Yeshua, when he walked among us, called himself the bridegroom. Like Adam, to win us, to have us, he too had to be put to the sleep of death. His side had to be pierced, his flesh had to be sacrificed. We who were dead in spirit, came to life out of his death, born from Christ as Eve was born from Adam. And we are now bone of his bone, flesh of his flesh.”
― Tessa Afshar, Daughter of Rome

“We measure our past, and our future, by the Cross. Everything passes through that river of grace. It passes through Yeshua crying, ‘Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.’ It passes through the crown of thorns, the welts of whips, the scars of nails. Our lives, our mistakes, our follies, our sins pass through him and are returned to us new.”
― Tessa Afshar, Daughter of Rome

“Trouble itself can be transformed, you see, in the hands of God. Instead of a place of destruction, pain and heartache can lead to hope.”
― Tessa Afshar, Daughter of Rome

“Standing at his funeral pyre, she wept for the life he had wasted. His life had been, as Solomon had once bemoaned, a chasing after the wind. He had frittered his days away on meaningless things and regretted them all in the end.”
― Tessa Afshar, Daughter of Rome

“I have learned that we can be like that bottle. Almost empty, but always enough. Because, my young friend, it does not matter how empty the vessel is. What matters is who wields it.”
― Tessa Afshar, Daughter of Rome

“The only way to peace is by learning to accept, day by day, the circumstances and tests permitted by God. By the repeated laying down of our own will and the accepting of his as it is presented in the things which happen to us.”
― Tessa Afshar, Daughter of Rome

“Indulgence cannot give you strength to face the challenges of life. Love can. Love rarely indulges. Instead, it requires you to make the difficult choices. The right ones. The ones that heal and restore.”
― Tessa Afshar, Daughter of Rome

“You will not have to face this fear alone. Love never leaves. Never abandons.”
― Tessa Afshar, Daughter of Rome

“It takes courage to stand your ground. Strength to lose everything and still hold to the truth.”
― Tessa Afshar, Daughter of Rome

“The only way to peace is by learning to accept, day by day, the circumstances and tests permitted by God. By the repeated laying down of our own will and the accepting of his as it is presented in the things which happen to us. But that lesson came to me at great cost, and I am still learning it.”
― Tessa Afshar, Daughter of Rome

“The bits and pieces of the fabric of faith she possessed, though incomplete, had always made Priscilla feel an attraction for this God who had a tender spot for a world filled with broken people.”
― Tessa Afshar, Daughter of Rome

“You have spent yourself in places that gain you no great name on earth. But the effect you have on those around you is incalculable. The growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts such as yours.”
― Tessa Afshar, Daughter of Rome