Martha of Bethany is no stranger to adversity. After her motherās untimely death, Martha shoulders the responsibility of raising her siblingsāquiet and studious Lazarus, and wild and rambunctious Mary. She finds solace in friendship and the beginnings of first love, but just as Martha begins to imagine a new future, hardship strikes again and her dreams crumble into dust.
Ten years later, Marthaās friend pleads for the new teacher, Jesus of Nazareth, to come and heal her husband. When Martha discovers that the carpenter-rabbi is connected to her past, sheās not sure she can trust him with her future. But as he continues to perform miracles, the invitation to believe becomes harder to resist, renewing Marthaās hardened heart, even as she faces an unknown future.
āA biblical story with a heart for todayās world, pulling out an array of joy and hope, sorrow and loss.āāMesu Andrews, award-winning author