Millie’s Steadfast Love, based on the classic novel by Martha Finley, has been reviewed by Focus on the Family’s marriage and parenting magazine. It is the fifth book in the “A Life of Faith: Millie Keith” series.
Millie’s Steadfast Love, based on the classic novel by Martha Finley, has been reviewed by Focus on the Family’s marriage and parenting magazine. It is the fifth book in the “A Life of Faith: Millie Keith” series.
Sixteen-year-old Mille Keith travels home to Pleasant Plains after spending the winter at her great-uncle’s plantation in the South. During the journey, Millie meets a young Romani girl named Gavi who is traveling with her younger brother and sister. They become immediate friends when the two girls stop a runaway stagecoach. Because the person they are supposed to meet is in a home that is quarantined because of an outbreak of smallpox, they travel Pleasant Plains with Millie and care for Millie’s younger siblings. Millie and Gavi take on the responsibility of nine siblings while Millie’s father and mother help the home that has been quarantined. Meanwhile, Millie learns that the slaves that she had helped escape from the plantation are safe in New York, but they need money to buy their freedom to keep from being captured again.
The Keith family members are strong believers who go to the Bible for wisdom and comfort. When she is in need of divine help, Millie relies on the many Scriptures she has memorized. The family demonstrates their beliefs through their generosity and desire for justice.
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Millie’s father, Stuart, is a strong, gentle man who understands his role as husband and father under God’s authority. The children respect and obey him out of love.
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Millie and her friends follow what God’s Word says about purity of heart. Millie refuses a marriage proposal because the young man is not a Christian.
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