Love is the way back into Eden. It is the way back to life. Francine Rivers More Quotes by Francine Rivers More Quotes From Francine Rivers Julia looked back at Hadassah on the bloodstained sand. A great emptiness opened within her as she looked at the still form. Gone, too, was the salt that had kept her from completely corruption. Francine Rivers salt emptiness gone [He] looked up and imagined the hand of God flinging stars like shining dust across the heavens. No. He was wrong to think such pagan thoughts, for God had only to utter a word and it was done. Only man had He shaped with His hands, using the dust He created to form His most precious and amazing creation. Only man was molded and loved into being, the breath of life in his lungs given by God. Francine Rivers stars men thinking I'm going to give you God's truth, little girl. All men want to do is hurt you. Once you give them your heart, they tear it to shreds." ~Francine Rivers; Redeeming Love Francine Rivers girl hurt heart That is one of the reasons I write: to feel the Presence of God and know He is speaking to me in a very personal way, instructing me, correcting me, redirecting me. Francine Rivers reason writing way You said go to her, and I let pride stand in my way. You said she needed me, and I didn't believe. You said love her, and I thought it would be easy. Francine Rivers pride would-be believe Why is it only in darkness that we remember what sustained us even in the light? Francine Rivers light darkness remember Unless we have something worth dying for, Atretes, we've nothing worth living for. Francine Rivers worth-living dying And if it (life) were easier, would i have given my heart so fully to God? Put your hope in Him, and you won't be disappointed by what life offers Francine Rivers easier given heart Better than sweet tea on a veranda. I want to live at Belmont! Francine Rivers want tea sweet I had been raised in the church, but I wasn't a Christian. I had a lot of head knowledge but no heart knowledge. Francine Rivers church christian heart knowledge The goal is to have every character take on a life of his or her own. Sometimes characters will come into the story that I haven't planned. Francine Rivers story sometimes character life My job is to allow the character to live and breathe - and become as real to the reader as he or she is to me. Francine Rivers live job me character I want to see Christian fiction speak to the hard and real issues that tear people's lives apart. Francine Rivers see speak real people Well, I always wanted to write from the time I was very little, and my mother encouraged me. She wrote a journal from the time she was 15 up until about the age of 76. Francine Rivers me age mother time I start work by spending time in personal Bible study. Because my projects center on a question in my own faith walk, I find Bible study essential. And God gives me scriptures daily that speak to the question with which I'm struggling. Francine Rivers me faith god work Like everyone else, there are days when I don't want to go to work. However, writing is a job like anything else. Francine Rivers job want work writing I'll often dream about characters before I start writing their stories. Francine Rivers about start dream writing When we love like Jesus does, lives change for the better. Francine Rivers better like change love I became a Christian late, in my late 30s, so I had a lot of things that I was bringing into my Christian life that I regret. And I had a lot of questions about faith, so that's where I start when I write. Francine Rivers start regret faith life I actually worked in the general market for many years writing steamy historical romance, and I had more freedom in the Christian market than I ever did in the general market to write about any issue that I needed to write about. Francine Rivers freedom historical christian writing
