For Befriending the Beast, the theme is one of hope, trust, and waiting. As I was editing it, I realized one scene that held a message that I needed.
“Did these roses bloom as soon as you and your mother planted them?” Percy’s voice was next to Belle. Without looking, she knew that he knelt beside her. “Or were you that impatient little girl, dragging her mama here every morn to search for buds?”
The tears finally emerged. Percy had watched her grow up. Of course he remembered those days of impatience.
“Did you stop watering and nurturing the rosebushes just because you didn’t see flowers?”
Belle shook her head and gave up on pretending to weed.
“Nay. Just like it takes time with flowers, it takes time for the Spirit’s work. And you cannot give up ‘watering and nurturing’ because things aren’t happening as quickly as you’d like them to.”
Amanda Tero Books 
Amanda, re-tellings are some of my favorite stories to read, especially when they are rich in scriptural truths. I've slacked in reading the blogs that I follow and I don't believe in coincidences. So in catching your last few posts today, I can't help but wonder what the Lord wants me to glean from Waiting For the Flowers, as well as what sounds to be a beautiful devotional in The Last Surrender. Congrats on these new and upcoming releases. I truly look forward to investing my time in them.
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@ Terrill – I agree about re-tellings that are rich in Scriptural truths. 🙂 What a blessing to hear how the Lord orchestrated you reading this at just the time you needed it! 🙂
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