Free Mail Order Bride: A Bride for the Doctor (Bozeman Brides Book 4) by Emily Woods

real smile. “It means that God sees things differently. He allows things to happen to us even though they may hurt us. He has a great and wonderful plan for our lives, and sometimes hard things happen along the way, but there is one thing we can be very sure of.”
    “What’s that?”
    “He will never leave us, nor forsake us. He will be right there with us the whole way.” A beautiful smile now lit Margie’s whole face, and the truth of the statement penetrated Kate’s fears and worries.
    “I’ve never known that kind of love, that kind of loyalty,” she admitted quietly. “My life has been full of hard things, but I didn’t have anyone to share them with.”
    The front door opened, and Margie sat up a little straighter and a look anticipation came over her. Within a few moments, Theo entered the room and walked straight over to his wife. He gave her a soft kiss before turning his attention to Kate.
    “Hello, Kate. Nice to see you here. Am I early, my dear?” He pulled out his pocket watch and flipped it open.
    “No, not at all. Kate, would you join us for lunch?” Margie asked, her eyes still on Theo.
    Kate’s gaze flickered from one person to the other. She was amazed at the love that she witnessed there. Margie tucked her hand into her husband’s, and he smiled down at her tenderly.
    “Uh, no thank you. I should be on my way.”
    “Alright then,” Theo replied. “I’ll just wait for you in the dining room then.”
    After he was well out of earshot, Kate couldn’t resist asking, “He comes home for lunch? Does he do that every day?”
    Margie tilted her head to one side, her face glowing with sweet affection. “He just started to. He used to come home occasionally, but since the accident, he comes home every day. There is great solace found in the love of a spouse after such a tragedy.”
    This was in complete opposition to what Kate had long believed.
    “But you…don’t blame each other?”
    Margie drew back in surprise. “What would be the point in that? We both loved Robert to distraction and did everything we could to provide for him. But the fact is that God loves him more. He allowed this to happen, and we could spend the rest of our lives in bitterness, but we chose to love each other more instead.”
    “How is that possible?” Kate leaned forward even more, putting herself in serious danger of falling off her seat. Her ears ached to hear the answer, the one that could set all things right.
    Margie reached across and took Kate’s hand. “With God, my dear, all things are possible. We chose to include Him in our marriage, and He keeps us strong. A strand of three chords is not easily broken. As long as we remember to keep Him in our lives, we will be strong.”
    A hug fog lifted from her vision and suddenly Kate saw everything clearly. Her parents never had any time for God or church and merely lived their lives from day to day. They had loved each other, but when that love was tested, it failed. Now it all made sense to her. Her whole life had been shadowed by a lie, the lie that said people were left to flail about on their own. The truth was that God was real and present and loved them. Suddenly, she was aware of a mistake that needed rectifying.
    “Uh, Margie, if you’ll excuse me?” She jumped up from her seat. “I need to go…see someone.”
    “Certainly, dear. And Kate?” Kate turned around and met her eyes. “I’ll be praying for you.”
    The younger woman blinked a few times and then smiled tremulously. “Thank you. I’ll need it.”
    She rushed out the door and nearly ran down the street toward the surgery. Although there wasn’t really any hurry, she couldn’t talk herself out of running. When she arrived, she burst in, startling both Geoff and his current patient, a noticeably pregnant Mrs. Lewis.
    The young woman was just in the process of leaving, and for that, Kate was immensely thankful.
    “Have a good day, Mrs. Lewis. You are well on your way to