The Blessing Trail 3

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TURN MISSED MOMENTS INTO GOD MOMENTSHave you ever had something happen in your life, or in the life of your child, and later realized you missed an opportunity for a God moment? Teaching moments with children slip by easily in a busy life. The Blessing Trail 3: The Power of God's Word gives families a chance to revisit those moments together.These six read-aloud stories guide children into a Biblical way of responding to the things they can, and do, experience in their young lives. Each story follows Mary and John and their Mama and Daddy as ordinary days at the kitchen table, at bedtime and on the school bus become conversations about God's Word.INSIDE THIS BOOKChoices - On a rainy afternoon, Mama tells Mary and John about Piglet, a little pink dog who is blind and deaf yet happy, playful and able to do tricks. Piglet has to trust his other senses, and the children begin to wonder what it means to trust when life is hard. The children compare Angie, a blind friend who greets everyone at the thrift store with kindness, with a grumpy blind man they see at the homeless shelter. Mama and Daddy share Romans 12:10 and 1 Thessalonians 5:18 and explain that God helps us when we ask Him, and that asking is a choice each person must make.I Am A Child of God - At bedtime, Daddy reads John 1:12-13 and tells the children that God will give them power to work for Him. The next morning, an older boy on the bus mocks a younger boy's haircut, and Mary and John remember that they have a big God to protect them.The Big Storm, Ask God, The Race and Help Your Neighbor Day - Further stories introduce children to fresh ideas about how to give of their time, how to respond in a disaster and how to be compassionate in an emergency.WHY FAMILIES WILL LOVE ITSix short stories, each easy to read in one sitting.Scripture verses woven naturally into family conversation.Real-life situations children recognize: a hard day, a mean word, a neighbor in need.Gentle questions from children and patient, Bible-based answers from parents.Questions children really ask, such as "What work does God want us to do?" and "Why is one person kind and another grumpy?"A gentle reminder that asking God for help is a choice every person can make.FOR PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS AND TEACHERSWendy Reardon is not holding back on the truth of our mission here on earth as Christ followers. She shows that God can use anyone to help people know Jesus, even young children, and that whatever God asks them to do, He will give them the ability to do. As Daddy tells Mary and John at bedtime, you can do anything when the Creator of the world is your Father. Read these stories aloud at bedtime, at the breakfast table, in a homeschool lesson or in a Sunday school class, then let the questions they raise lead to real conversations about faith.JOIN YOUR CHILDREN ON THE TRAILWe all need to hear truth. This third book on The Blessing Trail invites children to see that God's Word has power in the choices they make every day: to be kind when others are unkind, to trust God when life is hard, and to help a neighbor who needs it. Open the book, gather your children close, and experience The Blessing Trail 3 together.