Bible Reading: 1 Peter 5:8 Carter plopped his backpack on the table. “Dad, listen to this! Did you know that sharks can hear a fish thrashing in the water from as far as 500 yards away?” Dad looked up from his computer. “No way! That’s five football fields away. I couldn’t even hear you thrashing…
Bible Reading: Exodus 20:1-17 It sure is hot, Lucas thought. I wish Grandpa would let me go swimming. Lucas was spending the summer with his grandfather in Florida, and Grandpa had told him there could be alligators nearby. So while his grandpa napped after lunch each day, Lucas sat in the backyard looking longingly at…
Bible Reading: Psalm 32:1-5 Austin looked up when he heard a knock at the window. Mom was outside motioning for him to join her. He pressed the pause button on his game controller and ran out to the backyard. Mom was standing behind the garage, looking at the ground. “There’s something here I want you…
Bible Reading: Ezekiel 36:26-27; 2 Corinthians 5:17, 21 “Breanna,” said Mom. “Can you please run to the basement and get the last two jars of Grandma’s pickled beets?” “Okay,” said Breanna. She soon returned with two dusty jars of deep purple-red beets. “I love the color of these beets—it’s so pretty!” She put one jar…
Bible Reading: 1 John 1:5-9 Kaitlyn sighed loudly when Mom had to stop because of a roadblock. Workers were repairing the bridge ahead, and traffic was temporarily stopped. “How long will we have to wait?” she asked. “I’m not sure,” Mom replied. “It might be a while.” Kaitlyn looked out the window. She saw a…
Bible Reading: James 4:7-11</a > Harley’s cat jumped up on the desk and started batting at her pencil. “Mom, can you come get Sassy?” Harley called down the hallway. “I’m trying to do my homework.” Mom came to Harley’s door and laughed when she saw Sassy bat Harley’s pencil out of her hand and onto…
Bible Reading: Psalm 139:1-12; Isaiah 40:11</a > “I shouldn’t have let you see my test paper,” Lance said as he and his friend Joel walked home after school. “I think I should tell Mr. Grant I cheated.” “Why would you do that?” asked Joel. “You didn’t cheat. I did.” “But I helped you,” said Lance,…
Bible Reading: James 1:12-15 Sierra shut her bedroom door and tossed her backpack onto the bed. She set her cat, Tommy, on the floor. “Stay away from the curtains, Tommy,” she warned. “You know you always get stuck in them.” Sierra flopped onto her bed and opened her backpack. After digging around a moment, she…
Bible Reading: Matthew 13:44-46 Graydon set his little brother down as his friend walked into the yard. “Hey, Ben.” “Hey,” Ben replied. “Do you have a minute? I’ve got something I—” “Cody!” Graydon suddenly yelled out. “Don’t touch that flower! There’s a bee on it!” “I pet the bee,” Cody cooed. Graydon pulled him away…
Bible Reading: Psalm 101:5, Romans 12:3 Kaitlin smiled when she heard Hunter misspell the final word of the district spelling bee. He dropped the ‘c,’ and she could tell by his red face he knew it. “Evanescent, e-v-a-n-e-s-c-e-n-t, evanescent,” Kaitlin rattled off without a breath. She grinned at Hunter as he dropped his head. The…
