Wagon Train Christmas by Ford Linda

Author:Ford, Linda
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Crocus Mountain Publishing
Published: 2018-10-31T16:00:00+00:00

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Sophia forced herself to release Buck’s hand. She shouldn’t have said what she did about her father. It made her sound weak and needy. But when Buck offered his hand, she couldn’t resist hanging on.

“I need to see to the wagons and stock.” He shifted Maxie to the bench beside her and hurried away.

She could finally breathe without a hitch in her chest. Without her heart tumbling over and over as if rolling down a steep hill.

Mary Mae, Donna Grace, and Judith angled her direction, all of them talking at once.

“We’re having a special Christmas dinner.”

“Just for us. You know, those of us who came in on Buck’s wagon train.”

“We’ve all become family, as much from traveling together as by our marriages.”

Sophia knew that excluded her and tried not to mind. They made their way to the dining room for the noon meal. Buck did not join those eating there. Again, she tried not to mind. She ate without saying more than a word or two as the others chattered about their plans, and once the meal was over, she hurried to her room for Maxie to have a nap.

As soon as he fell asleep, she began work on the little shirt. Again, tears clouded her eyes and she was forced to set her sewing aside. Why did her heart yearn for things she couldn’t have?

She had never known her father and that left an ache inside. Maximillian had not loved her as she needed, and another bleeding wound had been dealt to her heart. His parents’ rejection and then threat to Maxie hollowed out more of her heart.

And she missed her mama.

Mama had given her a small Bible upon her marriage to Maximillian… only the New Testament which meant it was small enough she’d been able to carry it with her. She’d read parts of it in the past and now she pulled it from her travel bag and opened it. She caressed the cover.

“Oh, Mama, what would you advise me to do?”

Words said often filled her mind. Trust God. Turn to Him and ask His help. Never let the actions of others dictate how you act or even how you feel.

Sophia hadn’t done any of those things. “I’m sorry, Mama.” She wiped her eyes and opened the Bible. Mama had told Sophia how she had found her faith through reading the Gospel of John so Sophia turned to that passage and began to read. She read and read, drinking in the Word like a parched land drinks in refreshing rain. Finally, her heart bursting with assurance, she looked up. She knew a God who loved, who saw all needs, who provided. She could trust Him to take care of her.

Why had she not sought this comfort before?

She couldn’t wait to share this precious knowledge with Buck and she didn’t even try to analyze why she should be so eager to do so.

Maxie wakened and she took him down the steps. Judith and Donna Grace also left their rooms, their babies likewise refreshed from a nap.

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