“Isn’t she the most beautiful little girl you’ve ever seen?” Her voice sounded strange.tight, like she was choking. Did Papa like the way she looked? Mama said blue was his favorite color, but why didn’t he smile? Was she fidgeting? Mama said to stand straight and still and act like a lady. She was wearing her best blue frock and white pinafore, and Mama had braided her hair with pink and blue ribbons.

He looked at her with his dark eyes, and her heart sang. None of the other fathers she saw at Mass compared to him. Sarah’s heart beat with wild joy and pride. Even dressed in dusty riding clothes, his hair damp with perspiration, he was like the princes in the stories Mama read. He was tall and dark, and Sarah had never seen anyone so beautiful. All rights reserved.Īlex Stafford was just like Mama said. the One who will never let her go.Ī powerful retelling of the story of Gomer and Hosea, Redeeming Love is a life-changing story of God’s unconditional, redemptive, all-consuming love. Back to the darkness, away from her husband’s pursuing love, terrified of the truth she no longer can deny: her final healing must come from the One who loves her even more than Michael does. Slowly, day by day, he defies Angel’s every bitter expectation, until despite her resistance, her frozen heart begins to thaw.īut with her unexpected softening comes overwhelming feelings of unworthiness and fear.

Michael obeys God’s call to marry Angel and to love her unconditionally. Then she meets Michael Hosea, a man who seeks his Father’s heart in everything. And what she hates most are the men who use her, leaving her empty and dead inside. Sold into prostitution as a child, she survives by keeping her hatred alive. A time when men sold their souls for a bag of gold and women sold their bodies for a place to sleep.Īngel expects nothing from men but betrayal. Redeeming Love: California’s gold country, 1850.

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