Quotes from Kim Vogel Sawyer

A wife is a gift, Athol. Heaven's best gift, my pa always said. If you can't appreciate the gift, maybe you shouldn't ask for it.

Tommy lifted his hands to me in complete trust—me, who he has never seen—that it's time for me to lean trustingly into the hands of the One who might be unseen but is always watching me." Tears

No matter how dark the night, God's mercies are new every morning. Great is His faithfulness." Levi

Summer Steadman," came his voice of distant thunder, so tender Summer's heart ached with the beauty of the moment, "the God we serve has brought us together. He has opened my heart to loving you with a love that endures. You would do me much honor if you would agree to become my wife." Warm tears ran down Summer's cheeks. She could not find her voice, but she gave an eager nod and allowed her smile to speak for her.

The Lord done real good when he crafted Miss Adelaide Cowherd.

I mean it. Stop laughin'. How'm I gonna be able to surprise anybody with skunk smell all over me? It'll probably never come out of my leather vest or my hat. Dumb animal just ruined my chance of sneak—" He broke off, clamping his jaw tight.

Guten nacht. Schlop die gesunt.

Thad kept his voice light, even though his heart had suddenly decided to set up a fierce boom-boom inside his chest. "Are you hoping to have a big family of your own someday?" "Of course! Big and boisterous." She laughed, the sound like creek water tripping over rocks. "I can't imagine family being any other way.

Girls matter. As do boys, whether big or little. Every person matters. Do you know why?" They shook their heads in unison. "We are all created in God's image. He crafted male and female, and He breathed His very own breath of life into them. He loves His creation. What God sees as valuable and important is valuable and important.

Y'know, Sadie, I loved you even back then. You've always been important to me.

When we let accidents teach us things that help us make better decisions down the road, then somethin' good comes out o' the mistake.

There's something else I want to ask you, too." His hand still holding tight to hers, he glanced around the empty mercantile. Then he leaned across the counter, his face so close to hers his breath kissed her cheeks. "This isn't hardly the time or place, but I don't want to waste another minute. Sadie, would you do me the honor of allowing me to court you?

Thad slowly sat upright, his limbs quivery. He'd never been a whimsical man, but in that moment he felt as though someone had pushed him over the edge of a cliff and he was soaring in the clouds. In that moment, he lost his heart to Miss Sadie Wagner. And he had no idea how to snatch it back.

I know we haven't known each other for very long, but I know enough to see you're perfect for me. You love God, you want a big family someday, you're hardworking. And I can see us serving a congregation together—me preaching, you singing . . ." He smiled, his fingers tightening on hers. "We were made for each other, don't you see?

I didn't notice you actin' all shy when McKane cozied up to you.

You gotta open up them fists and lay it all at the feet o' Jesus. Lay yo'self there first, then every burden you got. He done promised there ain't no burden He won't carry for us.

Cranky you are this morning, Frau Steadman.

You will never forget them. They will live on in your heart forever. Forever young, forever yours. No matter how far in the past they become, a love for them will live on inside of you each day.

See, in the Bible it advises to train up a child in the way he should go. I have done that as best as I know how. My job . . . is done. Now your job begins—to seek God's will and stay in it. I trust you to do that.

I don't want to oppress men or demand to be given rights beyond what's held by them, but neither do I want men to oppress women. As God's creations, we should be held in equal esteem.