Tessa Afshar

Purple. The foundation of an influential trade in a Roman world dominated by men. One woman rises up to take the reins of success in an incredible journey of courage, grit, and friendship. And along the way, she changes the world. But before she was Lydia, the seller of purple, she was simply a merchant's daughter who loved three things: her father, her ancestral home, and making dye. Then unbearable betrayal robs her of nearly everything. With only her father's secret formulas left, Lydia flees to Philippi and struggles to establish her business on her own. Determination and serendipitous acquaintances--along with her father's precious dye--help her become one of the city's preeminent merchants. But fear lingers in every shadow, until Lydia meets the apostle Paul and hears his message of hope, becoming his first European convert. Still, Lydia can't outrun her secrets forever, and when past and present collide, she must either stand firm and trust in her fledgling faith or succumb to the fear that has ruled her life.

Bread of Angels

Moriah Howard

“How laughable our plans sometimes seem in the light of eternity: How blessed when they are destroyed!”

 He does not always keep us fom danger, but he preserves us in danger. I have known hardship, but my heart has felt secure in his steadfast love."

"Sometimes, in the wilderness of life, that is your greatest act of faith. Trusting that God will provide for each day.”

“There is nothing in the world so damaged that it cannot be repaired by the hand of Almighty God,"

"I follow a scarred Redeemer. Somehow I think our sca become holy in the shadow of his. And his plans are made perfect in the demolition of our own devices.”

It is finished." "Ifind such comfort in that pronouncement. In the reality that the work of the Messiah is accomplished. Fulfilled. Completed. And therefore, all the works that my soul needs-its redemprio and restoration and forgiveness, its renewal and re-creation and salvation--all this is now accomplished. The most importan work in the world has been completed. "I sometimes fancy that the completed work of the cros casts its shadow on other parts of my life too. Because Christ has finished the most crucial work on earth and in heaven, something of that completion covers all the unfinished parts of my life. What remains undone in me, through me, finds a resting place in Jesus finished work."

"For those who love God, all things work together for good. Even a beating becomes an instrument of salvation in the hands of the living God.”

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