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Isaiah 40: 21

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"Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?" (Isaiah 40: 21) I can almost hear Isaiah’s sense of exasperation with the questions that he asks in this verse. It is really as if he’s shouting at us, trying to get our attention. Unfortunately, it’s way too easy for us to forget all God has done for us...and continues to do for us. Or sometimes, instead of accepting the truth about who God is and what God desires for us, as wild as it may seem, we unknowingly still create idols we can understand. The foundation of all things, according to Paul, is and always will be God’s love. Long before the creation of the cosmos, before life existed, God had each of us in mind, desiring that we would be made whole and holy by God’s eternal love. 💕 This extravagant, unbelievable outpouring of love, made manifest solely in Jesus Christ, God’s only Begotten Son, was given lavishly to u...

"The Captive Maiden" by Brooke Duran (ME!!!)

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Happy New Year all! What better way to welcome the new year than to get a new book published??? 😉 My new book, "The Captive Maiden," is coming out today and I hope you all can read it! Here is what it is about...Ella Eccles is so unhappy. Shivering cold as she lay in her bed, she is too afraid to simply get up and light the fire because she has recently been scolded for doing things that servants are supposed to do (not princesses). New to the castle rules and norms, Ella is having great trouble adjusting to her never-to-be-foreseen (ever) role as a princess. In this wonderful continuation of the classic Cinderella story, I concoct up a heroine who has gotten exactly what she wants, though not by the supposed intervention of a fairy godmother's magic, but by taking full control of her very own destiny. However, trouble always seems to follow her, since it is still with her, even at the palace. Even though all of Ella's dreams are coming true, Ella is starting to hav...