She'd bet in his childhood he was one of those boys who pestered his brothers to the precise point where they would retaliate so that he could escape punishment while they received a scolding for beat...
She leaned closer and gently took his face into her hands. His rugged, beautiful face. Thank you, she said, her voice suddenly growing husky as moisture collected at the back of her throat. Thank you...
Nicole tightened her grip on the satchel she carried. I need help, Lord, her spirit pled. You led Abraham’s servant to Rebekah when he searched for a wife for Isaac, and I ask that you do the same for...
I had a long talk with my husband last night. And he made me realize that I have to choose which voices to believe. I can believe the ones that tell me I'm not good enough or brave enough or pretty en...
Had she witnessed his swim? He didn’t see how she could have missed it if she’d indeed been lunching by the water. The more intriguing question was, had she liked what she’d seen? Ever the scientist,...
You think I married you because I lost when we drew straws? He chuckled softly. Oh, Meri. Sweetheart. I won the straw draw. I didn’t lose it. She stared at him, not comprehending the difference. What...
She still had a few tender spots that ached when prodded, but Zach and Seth and loved and accepted her into a place where past hurts mattered less than present blessings. Maybe God had brought her int...
Scripture instructs God’s people to give our best to whatever task we turn our hands to, to conduct ourselves as if we work for the Lord himself, not for man.
I got ya, darlin’. I’m not your darling.
I don't want anyone hurt because I made a wrong choice, God. I need all the wisdom and guidance You can spare.
His gut clenched. He’d thought she was different. Thought she appreciated the man he was, not the out-of-all-proportion legend the sensationalists depicted. Was that what she wanted? Some larger-than-...
He wanted nothing more than to close his eyes and relish the coolness, but all he could afford to do was cough some smoke out of his lungs and turn back to the task at hand. Which apparently included...
He could fit what he knew about women in a bullet casing and still have room for the gunpowder.
Hanging back to get her reaction under control, she wiped her knife on the edge of her petticoat, then angled her body away so she could raise her skirts enough to slip the knife into its sheath, taki...
Guilt leads us to confession and repentance, she told me, but after we take it to the cross, we're suppose to leave it there, not carry it around with us. Jesus's burden is light. Guilt is heavy. Sata...
God’s way might not always be clear, but it could always be trusted.
Usually Zach had come in from the fields by now, as he seemed to tell time with his stomach.
Tori chanced a glance out of the corner of her eye to the man at her side. His attention appeared riveted to the road in front of them. Good. He probably didn’t even notice. His head suddenly swiveled...
Scripture calls you a hiding place, a mighty tower, a shield to those who put their trust in you. Yet sometimes evil penetrates your defenses. Helen bit her lower lip. I never understood why. She lift...
One of these days, I’m going to learn not to sneak up on you. The fiasco in the barn flashed through her mind. Yesterday she’d showered him with oats and today she’d pummeled him with a broom. At this...