Quotes about Commitment

Michael had been something new to him, too. He was one of those rare men who lived what he believed, not once in a while, but every hour of every day, even when the going wasn't easy. As gentle a man as he was, as tender as was his heart, there was nothing weak about Michael Hosea. He was the strongest-minded man Joseph had ever met. A man like Noah. A man like the shepherd-king, David. A man after God's own heart.

You'll have to bury me. His heart lightened. All right, he said. We'll baptize you.

It took resurrection power to make love last through the long haul. And it took a man and woman willing to surrender themselves to one another and to the One who came up with marriage in the first place.

She didn't make life easy on those who loved her, but she was worth it.

Go ahead! Her eyes shimmered with tears. Laugh! Pulling Kathryn to her feet, he cupped her face tenderly. We will laugh, darlin', right up until we're both old and gray and have a dozen grandchildren. He kissed her firmly. The answer is yes. I'll marry you. He grinned and kissed her again.

What about the other wifely duties? Michael glanced back at her. -When it means something more to you than work, we'll consummate the marriage

Whatever tomorrow brought, today she had Michael.

I never thought it would be easy to serve God, she said. I just didn't think it would be this hard.

Indeed? Pardon me for not listening further but I am really on an urgent errand.

She said: "My Uncle Malky used to say that love was a bad bargain because you get no guarantees.

Out here, we carry no paper for contracts. We make no evening promises to be broken at dawn. When a man says a thing, that's the contract.

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.