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Once I Knew (The Chronicles of Elira #1) Once I Knew by Victoria Lynn
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“You are a woman who has shown me what it means to be called by destiny at the hand of God and walk in it.”
Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew
“I only did what anyone ought to do.”
“But no one would.”
Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew
tags: duty, right
“There is good left in this world, Violet. We can’t expect Him to destroy every last inch of it just to rescue us. This isn’t the first time in history that His people have been cut down and destroyed. Remember Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego? They were thrown into a fiery furnace. He rescued them. Will He not do the same for us?”
The mention of fire made her wince. “The furnace feels mighty hot right now.” […]
“But He’s right here with us in the fire. Don’t you see Him?”
Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew
“Doing the right thing did not always mean it was done without fear.”
Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew
“Lord, it hurts.” She whimpered softly. “When will it end?”
Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew
“You are all the dowry that I desire and all the wealth I could ever possess. Nothing else compares to the wealth of your spirit and the strength of your heart. I love you with all that is within me, my flower. Only let me show you and I will cherish you for all of my days.”
Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew
“Time would tell how much he would remember, if anything at all. She hoped to high heaven that it was the latter.”
Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew
My forgiveness has covered you. My calling has marked you. My heart is strong within you. Fight now beside Me to master yourself and the voices that lie to you. Step forth into the destiny you were born into and the provision you will bring to this nation.
Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew
“Their faces blurred in his sight. Combining, and then morphing back into individuals. Swirling, spinning,
dancing the night away.”
Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew
“Her head had taken to constantly pounding, and despite the massive amount of work to be done, all she felt like doing was curling up on her little mat by the fire and falling asleep for enough hours to bring
her back to her normal, cheerful, rested self. But every time her head hit the pillow, no sleep came for the worrying. No matter how hard she tried, she always tossed and turned, nervous, anxious, and overwhelmed at the possibilities of the dangers that presented themselves at every corner.”
Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew
“She remembered her father's tears, her mother’s cold, white hand, and the perfect, tiny, porcelain face of her still-born baby brother.”
Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew
“He wished he knew what on earth to do with himself.”
Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew
“The work had been petty, small for a man like him, tasks that most grown men would disdain to touch, but he did it with a willing heart...”
Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew
“Traveling the roads alone was a temptation for evil”
Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew
“The voices of others had tugged at his mind, offered him many things that in the moment had been his deepest desires. He had been in pursuit of his pleasures, but they had never filled the aching holes within him. The places that had desperately cried out for a loving father, a caring mother, and the wise counsel that he so desperately needed. The heart that longed to be accepted, even in the midst of heartache.”
Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew
“Dirt under her fingernails, the gentle breeze in her hair, and the sound of the wind rustling through the leaves like a soft hand stroking the fabric of the earth soothed her senses; it all culminated into one of the most comforting feelings in the world.”
Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew
“[S]he knew that no matter how vile the person, she could not refuse the common decency of saving their life and caring for their wounds. It was what her Savior would have done, and after all He had offered her, how could she refuse to live in a manner worthy of that sacrifice?”
Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew
“[O]ffering a prayer was never an idle gesture.”
Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew
“Her imagination was a place to fear, and she desperately avoided going there at all costs.”
Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew
“You need to let go, little one. This is not yours to carry. You can't lift the load. But He can.”
Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew
“But even farther into the vision he saw a little boy, the gold circlet on his forehead, his brown locks flowing around it and his amber eyes wide, large in his small face and full of tears and longing. Devoid of a mother and nearly without a father. A heart broken beneath the weight of his loneliness. Like a sapling bent underneath the weight of its leaves, having grown too fast for its roots to hold, he toppled over and fell from the calling and destiny that had been on his life.”
Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew
“She sat up straight, her back tight but strong, her head held high as she rode through the streets of Niran, looking fear in the face and putting it where it belonged. At her feet.”
Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew
“He would set this right. Even if he died trying.

The journey must begin.”
Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew
“The leadership. That purpose was taken from you, but you were meant to be a leader. To carry this. To change this.' Her eyes never left his, locked in a desperate clasp of passion, fire, and longing, but her hand gestured outward, toward the world sinking into decay and the people who dwelt in it, broken and misused. She took a breath, and it almost turned into a gasp as it entered her lungs. 'You were meant to lead and restore.”
Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew
“He stepped closer. Reaching out a hand now, bridging the gap through the hole in the walls of her heart, the stone she had let fall, allowing him to see through the barricade and giving him a glimpse of the fragile garden behind it.”
Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew
“He knew he loved her. He had sought to deny it, even to himself, but in studying his own heart, her strength and resolve had not only saved his life but restored him to who he was meant to be.”
Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew
“He so desperately wanted to reach across the divide, the wall that was between them, and grasp her hand. He knew he loved her. He had sought to deny it, even to himself, but in studying his own heart, her strength and resolve had not only saved his life but restored him to who he was meant to be.”
Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew
“I—I don’t know.' The words came out as a broken whisper, and she squeezed her middle, hoping to hold every broken piece inside so that it wouldn’t fall shattered to the floor.”
Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew
“She stood there, brokenness swirling around the empty kitchen lit from the warm light of candles and the fire burning in the hearth. But this time the pain was healing. A release. Another surrender. A heart yearning.

Yearning for hope.”
Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew
“I pray that God gives you the gift of love that heals and restores every wound you have received.”
Victoria Lynn, Once I Knew

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