Bible Reading: 1 Peter 1:6-9 It had not been a good week. First, Allison didn’t get the part she wanted in a skit her class was going to perform. Then she hurt her arm in gym class. To top it off, she discovered that a stain on her favorite shirt hadn’t washed out. Feeling terrible,…
Bible Reading: John 9:1-7 Jana looked out the window as a tear slid down her cheek. She watched silently as the other kids laughed and played in the snow. Her brother Caleb saw her and threw a snowball. She giggled in spite of herself as it softly hit the window. Sighing, she turned away and…
Bible Reading: Psalm 31:1-5 “Hurry! Pull up the drawbridge, Seth!” Mitchell hurried into the cardboard castle in their basement. “The enemy is coming!” Seth pulled up the bridge, and both boys peered through narrow slits in the walls. “Now they won’t be able to cross the moat,” said Seth. “And even if they do, our…
Bible Reading: Proverbs 3:1-6 “Uh oh!” said Mom. “That sign says, ‘Detour—straight ahead.’ We can’t make our turn onto the freeway. The ramp is closed for repairs.” “But we have to get on it somehow, don’t we?” asked Maggie. “We’ll get there if we follow the orange detour signs,” said Mom. “See if you can…
Bible Reading: Matthew 8:5-13 Bryce and Andrew took their remote control truck out to the driveway while Mom was weeding the flower beds. Their little sister, Olivia, was hopping around on a pogo stick. “Mom,” Olivia said, “I wish I had a remote control pogo stick. I could ride it, and you could make it…
Bible Reading: Romans 5:1-5; James 1:2-4 Noelle dropped her book bag in the corner of her grandmother’s kitchen. She shook her head when Grandma offered her apple slices and dip. “No, thanks, Gran,” she said. “I don’t feel like eating.” She sighed. “Nothing is going right! You even prayed with me that I’d pass my…
Bible Reading: Psalm 66:1-5 The Reed family was seated around their picnic table playing a board game when Emma looked up. “Oh no!” she wailed. “Not again!” Jack groaned. Arthur, their collie, was almost totally covered with cockleburs. “I’m guessing you just had to go chase after a squirrel,” said Jack, “or was it a…
Bible Reading: Romans 8:35-39 Eva zigzagged around mud puddles as she walked home in the rain, but her feet were still getting wet. I know Mom and Dad both had to work late today, but I wish they’d asked someone to give me a ride, she thought gloomily. And they know I don’t like being…
