{"product_id":"a-light-worth-waiting-for-inspired-by-malachi","title":"A Light Worth Waiting For — Inspired by the book of Malachi","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eSome things are hard to wait for. Some things you wait so long for that the people around you stop believing they will ever come. Liv knows that kind of waiting. Her brother has been gone for years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eLiv cannot hear. She never has. But she has never needed sound to understand her family. She reads them by watching, the way Jesse taught her when she was small, the day he put a little bronze mirror in her hands and showed her how to catch the light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThen one evening a man comes walking up the road, and Liv is the first to see him. Jesse has come home, and he is different. He carries the words of a prophet named Malachi and a promise that a great light is coming into the world. The family hears him and does not believe. But Liv watches her brother's face the way she watches everything, and faces tell the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Light Worth Waiting\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eFor\u003c\/strong\u003e retells the closing promise of the Old Testament, drawn from the book of Malachi, through the eyes of a child who sees what everyone around her misses. It is a story about being truly seen, about holding on to hope when no one else will, and about the quiet truth that the one the world overlooks is sometimes the first to recognize the light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eIt is a story about waiting, and about a promise worth every moment of it. A gentle, unhurried picture book for ages 4 to 10, made to be read slowly and treasured for years. The closing story in the Old Testament Collection, Volume Two.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003ePart of the complete \u003cstrong\u003eOld Testament Collection: Volume Two\u003c\/strong\u003e. The full five-book set is available now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eHardcover picture book for ages 4 to 10\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe closing story in the Old Testament Collection, Volume Two\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eOne biblical story, told through the eyes of a child who was there\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eWarm, faith-forward, and never preachy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eInspired by the book of Malachi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"The Story Lantern","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48825629868247,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0801\/7054\/9463\/files\/Light_HalfCoverV1.jpg?v=1782732603","url":"https:\/\/thestorylantern.com\/products\/a-light-worth-waiting-for-inspired-by-malachi","provider":"The Story Lantern","version":"1.0","type":"link"}