“Dare to try, knowing that you will make mistakes. You will fall short again and again, because there is no effort without error. In the end, you will either know the triumph of high achievement, or if you fail, you… — Tessa Afshar Copy Share Image
“It's time to leave fear behind or you'll be robbed of your destiny. You don't need confidence in yourselves or in your own power.… — Tessa Afshar Copy Share Image
“I followed Ruth's example, you know." He tilted his head in confusion. There was a Ruth in his neighborhood. But when could she have… — Tessa Afshar Copy Share Image
“Victory was not so much in being perfect toward each other. Rather, victory would flow out of how they dealt with their failures.” — Tessa Afshar Copy Share Image
“All of those different strands, the hard and the sweet, were being used in the unfolding of this extraordinary moment: Amestris offering peace to… — Tessa Afshar Copy Share Image
“I try to remember that walking in the will of God might mean waiting as much as it might mean moving forward.” — Tessa Afshar Copy Share Image
“I mean that the reason God seems to act in ways that make no sense to us is that our perceptions are wrong. Our… — Tessa Afshar Copy Share Image
“Consider my lady, I’m the gardener and I know what the vine needs in order to thrive. You only see the stripping, but I… — Tessa Afshar Copy Share Image
“These simple words reveal Rahab’s amazing destiny: Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab (Matthew 1:5). In other words, Salmone and Rahab… — Tessa Afshar Copy Share Image
“He lingered in the periphery of her vision, studying her as she shaped a tall vessel. Her fingers had an enchantment to them as… — Tessa Afshar Copy Share Image
“If God spared us from the piercing shaft of every sorrow,” she said, “we could never fulfill His best plans for our lives. Sometimes… — Tessa Afshar Copy Share Image
“Lord,” I cried out, in my mind. “You don’t see things the way we mortals see them. We judge by outward things, but You… — Tessa Afshar Copy Share Image
“There is only one measure of true success, child. How close you remain by His side. Does the dust of His feet get on… — Tessa Afshar Copy Share Image
