Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life. Put away from you a deceitful mouth, And put perverse lips far from you. Let your eyes look straight ahead,And your eyelids look right before you. Ponder the path of your feet, And let all your ways be established. Do not turn to the right …
Gerhardt’s Disappointment
He was in the library when Benson informed him that he had a visitor and that she was waiting for him in the drawing-room. "Has she been waiting long?" he asked. "No, Sir. She arrived about ten minutes ago." "Thank you, Benson." He straightened his sweater and combed his fingers through his hair. His heart …
Overcoming Fear
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind - 2 Timothy 1:7 I used to think that as a Christian woman, fear isn't something I should ever feel so whenever I experienced it, I felt guilty and chided myself, saying, "You shouldn't be feeling …
Flight
She had to get out of there before someone showed up. It would be disastrous for her reelection bid. After making sure nothing was there to implicate her in any way, she ran out of the cottage and to her car. After fumbling in her handbag for the keys, she started the engine and sped …
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Mary Ann Shadd Cary was the eldest of thirteen children. She was born on October 9, 1823 in Wilmington, Delaware. Her great-grandfather was Hans Schad, alias John Shadd, who served as Hessian soldier with the British army during the French and Indian War. Her father, Abraham Doras Shadd was trained as a shoemaker and owned a shop in …
Notes to Women 