159 Quotes by Jody Hedlund

But one by one she’d been cutting away the tangle of propriety so that with each thread she cut loose, she was slowly finding the freedom to be herself and not someone else’s version of who she ought to be.

Pete had determined that this time, with this new ship, he’d be among the lucky ones to get a bride. And when Peter Kelly set his mind to something, he’d do it.

No matter his status or background, Pete was an honorable man. Maybe she’d thought he wasn’t good enough for her, but she’d been wrong. She didn’t deserve a friend like him.

If he believed in her, was it time to start believing in herself? Somehow his confidence in her made her want to do more and be better. But how?

I have to stop worrying about what everyone is saying and believing. If we’re living rightly before God and pleasing Him, then that’s all that matters.

Her heart swelled with the ache of wishing for something better, for a world where no one had to be undesirable. Could she, in her small way, be a part of making that happen?

Everything about Peter Kelly was unsettling. He had a way about him of turning her carefully ordered world inside out and upside down.

Somewhere in Scripture, it says, ‘Man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.’ I always figured if God thinks the condition of a person’s heart matters more, then I should too.

But perhaps God could use personal pain as a bridge to reach others who were suffering