Hi, I'm Susie Larson. Thanks for listening to this podcast from Susie Larson Live.

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Welcome to Susie Larson Live, always honored to get to spend this time with you.

In fact, I look forward to bringing you conversations every single day that hopefully inspire you in your faith walk,

that deepen your understanding of God's word and that heightens your awareness of

his very real presence in your life.

Well, as you can imagine, as you know, you just look out the window, watch the news.

We are living in volatile times.

And it feels like we're constantly teetering on the edge of the next crisis.

Yet scripture tells us that we are unshakable in Jesus, that we can have peace in the storm

and we can have faith when we face our mountains. Well, my guest today writes this. In different

seasons of life, God has taught me to lean on his word when the ground under me seemed unsteady.

He taught my inmost being to trust his word more than I trusted my own heart. The Bible equips us to cope with

this groaning world, equips us to live a life of right order when discouragement roars like a lion.

My guest today is one of my absolute favorite novelists who also happens to be a dear friend.

She's an award-winning author, precious friend, Tessa Afshar. She's been on the show plenty of times before.

Today we're talking about her brand new Bible study titled The Way Home, God's Invitation to New Beginnings.

It's a six-week study on the book of Ruth, but I will tell you, there's so much in the beginning before she even sets up or she is setting up the story of Ruth, but there's so much

in the period of the judges. I don't even know how far into Ruth's story. We'll get today.

We'll just kind of see where God takes us. But oh my goodness, if you've ever read Tessa's novels,

they constantly make me stop and want to pray. Well, this nonfiction work, because she's got

the skill of a novelist and this

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