35 Quotes by Jill Eileen Smith

We only understand Him by faith. I'm afraid even the wisest man on earth does not truly grasp the nature of my God. ~pg. 257

Clean hands and a pure heart come from knowing when we have failed our God's standards and repenting. Repentance brings a pure heart. ~pg. 294

It is the prayer of a humble heart that God hears. He tests the hearts and minds of His people. He does not care about our sacrifices. He cares about our hearts.~ pg. 344

To those who have tasted what is forbidden only to find it meaningless. May Solomon's wisdom and the love he craved show you a better way.~ Jill Eileen Smith

Do not blame God for what men have done.

Tears fell in drops as though she were standing in a storm, her heart burning within her. Oh, Adonai. Do You even listen to my prayers? I ask and I ask and beg and I plead, and nothing changes.

Sometimes a person's life is longer than their years.

She took a date and kissed it before offering it to him.He bit into it and then bent to kiss her again. This woman never ceased to amaze him. How bold she had become for one so young, and yet so graceful and even obedient. Not like Amestris or Vashti. She captured his imagination in ways he did not understand.

For the first time since Xerxes had chosen her as queen, she felt as though she had fallen from a sense of favor too one of fear. She held power she had never known before. The king had listened to her over Haman, and no woman had ever held such sway over the king in all of the years these women had known him. Even Vashti could not have persuaded him against Xerxes' nobles. But Esther, by God's grace, had prevailed against Haman.