Having completed his sentence for the unintentional crime that derailed his youthful plans for fame and fortune, Levi Grant looks to start over in the town of Spencer, Texas. Spencer needs a blacksmith, a trade he learned at his father's knee, and he needs a place where no one knows his past.... read more
“"...if you can't see the good man he is, you need to unscrew them eyeballs of yours and try on a different pair."”Chloe
Dear God, I don’t want my fear to be a barrier to the blessings you are trying to bestow. Cast out my fear, and help me to trust in your perfect love. But also grant me a full measure of wisdom. Do not let me be led astray by my own desires. If it is not your will that I pursue a relationship with Levi, I pray that you will stop me. Make your message so clear that I cannot argue it away. Protect me, Lord, and show me the way that I should go.Highlighted by 13 Kindle customers
She didn’t trust God to direct her steps. When trouble loomed, she altered her course, convincing herself she was displaying wisdom and the courage of her convictions. Yet in actuality, she was surrendering to fear, letting it control her in place of the Lord’s hand.Highlighted by 10 Kindle customers
“We are called to be sowers, ladies. It is not our business to decide which soils are most likely to give success, for the Lord rarely confines himself to areas dictated by human wisdom. We are to scatter seed. God will give the increase.Highlighted by 10 Kindle customers
No, he couldn’t redeem himself, but he could demonstrate his thankfulness and love by extending God’s grace to others and living in a way that brought glory to his Lord.Highlighted by 8 Kindle customers
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”Highlighted by 8 Kindle customers
“Sometimes waiting is what God wants us to do. To give him time to work.”Highlighted by 7 Kindle customers
He’d let his desire for Eden outweigh his desire to follow the Lord’s path. He’d refused to seek God’s will because he feared it wouldn’t coincide with his own. And in the process he’d left himself open to attack—attack from an opponent who never pulled his punches.Highlighted by 6 Kindle customers
Of course he nodded. The man hoarded words as if he were being charged a dollar for each one he uttered.Highlighted by 6 Kindle customers
‘Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone,’ ”Highlighted by 5 Kindle customers
“There is no fear in love”—she mouthed the words as she read them—“but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.”Highlighted by 5 Kindle customers
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