This has rocketed to the front of my top favorites list for ANY age!!!! (even though it is a lift the flap board book) Intriguing that such a trite thing has as much POTENTIAL as this little gem!
The art is beautiful and the message is amazing truth that easily reminds me of so many of God's Truth. All of the things in the book have amazing potential and there were plans for them that involved much change and transformations. This book is a narrative of so many things that happen in nature and some of what is crafted by workmen's hands which both reflect the creativity of the Creator.
"being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." - Philippians 1:6
"For we are God' workmanship, created in Christ Jesus, to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." - Ephesians 2:10
"'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the LORD. 'Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." -Jeremiah 29:11
"And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit." - Ephesians 2:22
Showing posts with label perseverance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label perseverance. Show all posts
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Monday, April 15, 2013
Oops-a-Daisy by Clarie Freedman
Although this is a picture book, it is great for older children and adults because there are lots of words. Growing up especially in our spiritual lives is hard and requires perseverance!! Daisy must try again and again to get that hop under control. Giving up cannot be an option! Many, many times in life failure and "hippity-hoppity-flop..., slippety-flippity..., whoopsity-oopsity..., crashity-smashity...,and bumpity-thumpity" HAPPENS! But that is all part of the journey!
Right now the fellas are learning golf and they have had to learn this lesson the hard way. For the present shot, they must through off the past, both the good shots and the sad shots. The other day they were playing number 10 at Countryland, the hole on which Dax achieved his very first par. Cole had played it well too during the trip before. They were so stuck in the good memory, they flubbed up the present shots a bit.
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart." -Hebrews 12:1-3
Right now the fellas are learning golf and they have had to learn this lesson the hard way. For the present shot, they must through off the past, both the good shots and the sad shots. The other day they were playing number 10 at Countryland, the hole on which Dax achieved his very first par. Cole had played it well too during the trip before. They were so stuck in the good memory, they flubbed up the present shots a bit.
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart." -Hebrews 12:1-3
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