The Mayflower Bride Quotes

“Father dwelt with the Lord and would see Mother again. The thought gave her a little joy. The coming days would be difficult, and she had no idea how it would all work out. But she would rest in the Lord, as well. Because He was her rock and her strength.”
― Kimberley Woodhouse, The Mayflower Bride

“What could she praise Him for today?”
― Kimberley Woodhouse, The Mayflower Bride

“In the book of First Peter, we are reminded to ‘rejoice, though now for a season (if need require) ye are in heaviness,’ and indeed the times have been heavy with trials and loss. I keep asking the Lord for wisdom in how to rejoice through this, and even though I don’t know the answer fully, I am encouraged to keep living one moment at a time.”
― Kimberley Woodhouse, The Mayflower Bride

“While it doesn’t take away the pain, it encourages me to praise the Lord even in this time of sorrow.”
― Kimberley Woodhouse, The Mayflower Bride

“Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, & naked shall I return thither: the Lord hath given, & the Lord hath taken it: blessed be the Name of the Lord.”
― Kimberley Woodhouse, The Mayflower Bride

“When we come to that place of understanding and are truly ‘poor in spirit,’ then we acknowledge Jesus as our Savior—that it is only through His sacrifice that we can be saved—and then we can be cleansed and transformed. Then—oh what a beautiful thought—then the kingdom of heaven is ours. To live eternally with our heavenly Father.”
― Kimberley Woodhouse, The Mayflower Bride

“Mary Elizabeth realized how much she’d changed over the past few weeks. The tragedy of losing Mother had almost broken her. Or so she thought. But she’d needed to learn how to give it over to God the Father. She needed to know that His strength and peace were always with her. For so long, she’d thought of herself as timid and afraid. Never courageous. But now, somehow, her thinking had changed.”
― Kimberley Woodhouse, The Mayflower Bride

“am able to do all things through the help of Christ, which strengtheneth me.”
― Kimberley Woodhouse, The Mayflower Bride

“I speak not because of want: for I have learned in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.”
― Kimberley Woodhouse, The Mayflower Bride