Tessa Afshar

Elianna is a young girl crushed by guilt. After her only brother is killed while in her care, Elianna tries to earn forgiveness by working for her father's textile trade and caring for her family. When another tragedy places Elianna in sole charge of the business, her talent for design brings enormous success, but never the absolution she longs for. As her world unravels, she breaks off her betrothal to the only man she will ever love. Then illness strikes, isolating Elianna from everyone, stripping everything she has left.

Land of Silence

Moriah Howard

“I became a slave. I did not stop being a man. I could no more prevent myself from helping a fellow human in the midst of danger than I could will myself to simply stop breathing.”

“I am learning that obedience to God means that you do not put your eyes on your longings, but instead, you simply place one foot ahead of the other into the space that the Lord opens. Tired, wounded, overwhelmed. It does not matter. You merely keep moving where God directs and stop focusing on what you wish you had.”

“The poultice of love proved enough. Our aches were deep, but love was deeper. In time, hope emerged victorious over our fears.”

“These are the rushing waters of our lives, surrounding us like a churning wall on every side. They are the army of our Pharaoh. But instead of growing distracted and fearful, we can choose to set our eyes on the path that the Lord opens for us. One step at a time, we can go forward, and learn to be faithful in suffering."

“Despair is an invitation to prayer. You can either sink or pray when it lodges at your door.”

“Sometimes the evidence of our senses and the testimony of the world's wisdom are plain wrong. Sometimes the Lord is busy forging victory when the mind expects only defeat.”

“One day no one will remember the name of Tiberius. No one will give a thought to Caesar. But the name of Jesus shall have great renown as long as men live on this earth."

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