Chapter 7

“Let’s read Deuteronomy, thirty-one, verses six and seven,” he said.

“Be strong and of good courage,” Peter read slowly. “Fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. And Moses called unto Joshua, and said until him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the Lord hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.”

Peter digested the verses for a few minutes and then asked, “Didn’t God give the Promised Land to the mothers as well?”