First Lines Good Friday

First Lines Friday is a bookish meme hosted by Literary Marie of Precision Revision. I encourage all of my fellow book bloggers and bookhearts to play along.

• Grab your current read(s).
• Share the first line(s).
• Include the title and author.

"The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance." ~ John 10:10, AMP

"'I'm sorry'...she began in a lowered, apologetic voice, 'but we're going to have to let you go, Melinda.'"

~ Once Upon a Sunday by Renee Allen McCoy