Family Devotional Book

Mighty Acts of God by Starr Meade

I know I always appreciate getting good book recommendations for our kids.  So here is one that we are almost done with and have greatly enjoyed over the past several months.  This book is definitely more for the elementary age child, but one can never underestimate what younger ones have the capacity to learn and understand!  There are 90 stories in the book and are written from a strong reformed viewpoint.

Here is what the author has to say about her approach to writing this Children's Bible story book:

"In this storybook, the focus in each story is on God, not on the human characters in the story. The stories are not presented primarily as moral tales giving children role models to emulate, or as accounts of how God always meets people's needs (as do genies in fairy tales!). Instead, the book's goal is for children to rightly see the God of Scripture, as he presents himself in the Bible's narrative accounts. In this way, the book as a whole provides an overview of the character and attributes of God.

"Taken together, all the stories we read in Scripture of God's mighty acts relate the story of God's mightiest act: his work of redemption. When Satan's schemes and people's sin seemed sure to thwart his plans, God's purpose never faltered; he continued to perform one mighty act after another, all working together to accomplish the plan of redemption he had devised before he had created anything."

It is not uncommon to find Samuel drawing things that he is learning.  On Wednesdays at school they have religion class in the afternoon.  We have opted for Samuel not to participate and therefore, he gets put in another class to sit quietly and read or draw for the afternoon.  We could keep him home but then that would not go over well having Emma returning and not him and visa versa for Emma on Tuesdays. Anyway, Samuel will often come home with something Biblical that was on his mind.  One time he wrote out all the books of the Bible, and yesterday he came home with these drawings.  You can tell from his drawings that the New Testament stories are what we have been reading recently.  So precious.  Thought you would enjoy seeing these too.  We highly recommend this book!

Samuel - Age 9