Quotes from Lauraine Snelling

Small town, things get around

Sometimes men are still boys, only wearing bigger clothes, until God takes them by the suspenders and gives them a good shake.

Heavenly Father, you must think us such silly creatures, always worrying about tomorrow and letting today slip by.

She turned at the sound of a horse cantering toward them. If it wasn't Benjamin, they could be in a heap of trouble.

Most folks use black ash. Hickory is so heavy, and birch warps more easily. But if you soak black ash and bend up the front, when it dries, it stays that way. Keep 'em well waxed and stored straight, and you got skis for a lifetime.

I suppose I should make all the skis six foot and let Leif grow into them. That way we could all use them easy enough." He shook his head. "I know my wife would love to ski again. You ever seen anyone carry a baby in a sling or backpack while on skis?

between the two men, as if they

want to know is what lies ahead.

God had not turned a deaf ear. He had been waiting for her to listen, as He always did.

too. "Grandma makes the best pies." "Me pie too." Carl banged his

The rhythm now came automatically, just like Mavis had said it would. And her thoughts could drift elsewhere as she worked. There was something special about baking bread, all right.

upon opening the door. Half of the small

the world. When the men

God is my strength and my fortress. I will rejoice in God my Savior.

Judith watched them drive away

Was she like the prairie, only slowly yielding to God's plow in her life? She needed busting, then backsetting, and finally after snow and sun and rain, the seeds could be planted that would sprout into living wheat.