Bible Reading: James 3:3-8 Abby got in the car feeling guilty. She’d just had a fight with her best friend, who had received a much higher grade on her spelling test. “Look what I got!” Jessica had said, waving her test in the air. “You’re just a proud showoff!” Abby had spat back. As soon…
Bible Reading: Psalm 37:1-9 “Rhett makes me so mad!” Emmy told her dad. “He was really mean to me after I fell during my race today. He said I was a total failure! I feel like giving him a good kick and yelling in his face.” “Maybe you should let him know you’re really angry…
Bible Reading: Ephesians 4:26-32 Mei hung up the phone and walked into the living room with her arms crossed and her jaw clenched. “That was Everly.” Mom frowned. “You’re not still angry with her, are you?” “Of course I am!” said Mei. “She shouldn’t have made fun of me that way. She did it right…
Bible Reading: Ephesians 4:26-27, 31-32; James 1:19-20 “Mom!” Jessica cried. “Cassandra hit me!” “Because you pushed me!” cried her little sister. Mom sighed. “Girls, just once I would like to drive to school without you two fighting.” Jessica felt her face flush with anger at her sister. She tried to ignore her by picking a…
Bible Reading: Isaiah 9:6-7; 53:5-6 Lexie dangled her feet off the bunk bed as her sister got ready for their Christmas program rehearsal. “I’m going to mark my script so I don’t miss any of my lines,” Lexie said. She stuck her pen in her princess purse. “Girls! We need to be at church soon!”…
Bible Reading: Ephesians 4:1-6 “There goes Old Faithful!” Collin said as they watched hot water burst from the ground and shoot high into the air. He and his sister, Bridget, were showing their aunt a video Collin had made on their vacation to Yellowstone National Park. “The park ranger said the rock deep underground is…
Bible Reading: Proverbs 14:29 “Lydia yelled at everybody today—Luis, Norah, Paul—and everyone else we were playing with,” Ruby told her mother after school one day. “I’m her best friend, and she even yelled at me!” “I’m sorry to hear that,” said Mom. “Yeah,” said Ruby. “When Lydia gets mad, it makes such a mess of…
