Leya Delray

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Leya Delray is the internationally bestselling author of the biographical novel "Where Daffodils Bloom."

As a historical reenactor for almost 20 years, she has spent countless hours bringing history to life. With a passion for research and the heart of a storyteller, she loves giving her readers the chance to experience not only a rousing story, but the feeling that they have truly stepped into another era.

Delray lives with her husband in a cabin originally built in the 1840's, where she has a beautiful view of the Appalachian foothills, and a yard full of daffodils in the spring. She loves chocolate, hot tea, old books, and long walks in the sunshine.

"Where Daffodils Bloom", her debut novel, was recognized as as an honorable mention in the
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Is it Biblical to say God “Hated” Baby Esau?

“Doesn’t the Bible say God loved Jacob and hated Esau before they were born?”

This question was put to me me recently during a friendly theological debate around the dinner table.

In this particular conversation, we were discussing whether unborn babies go to heaven when they die. But it’s a verse that is also brought up a lot in debates about salvation/election in general, particularly in the Calv

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“Editing. It’s like dieting; except a lot more violent.”
Leya Delray

“Love is like a daffodil bloom. Commitment is like the bulb. Sometimes the blooms are so beautiful, nobody thinks about the bulb. Until the weather changes, and the flowers die back, and the bulb is the only thing left, buried under the dirt.”
Leya Delray, Where Daffodils Bloom: Based on a True Story of Courage and Commitment During WWII

“It's rarely the sensible people who make a mark on this world.”
Leya Delray, Where Daffodils Bloom

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
Mark Twain

“Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.”
Edmund Burke

“The possibility of evil exists from the moment that a creature is made that can love and do good because it chooses and not because it is unable to do anything else. The actuality of evil exists from the moment that that choice is exercised in the wrong direction.”
Dorothy Sayers

“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
Ernest Hemingway

“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
Benjamin Franklin

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