Faith-Life Fridays ( August 17, 2007)

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John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Sweet Pea got a new book recently(well really she got it for her birthday back in January but we are just getting around to reading it) We are trying to read one story in the book a night(there are 50 stories) We are not very far into this since we just started The book is called Little Girls Bible Storybook for mothers & daughters. I'm really enjoying this little book and reading it to Sweet Pea.
The last story we read together was titled Whatever You Say, Dear It was a story of what Noah's wife must have thought. It started out like this....

"You're going to build a what?" Mrs. Noah asked
"an ark," Mr Noah repeated " A boat, my dear A big big boat!"
" A boat? A Boat? where do you get these crazy ideas?"

The story goes on where Noah tells her from God and then all the different crazy things that Noah told his wife they were going to do like bringing in all the animals and stuff and how this just wasn't what she had in mind for her life, but she willingly obeyed.
The little story ended like this.....

"um, did I mention that God is sending a few animals to go in the ark?" Noah mumbled.
"With Us? we're going in a the boat with those wild, smelly animals?" Mrs. Noah wondered.
"We'd better. Flood coming, you know."
Mrs Noah looked at the lions, bears and spiders(did there have to be spiders?) She smiled and took Noah's hand, "Whatever you say, dear."

This book set up to teach little girls how to become women of God, so each little story then gives a little lesson and at the end of this story it says.

Becoming A Woman of God.
A woman of God is obedient.
Mrs. Noah may have been surprised to hear that Mr Noah was going to build an ark and take their family on it. It may not have fit in with her plans, but when she heard that it was Gods command, she obeyed. ......................
............. To obey, we have to put aside our own plans or our own feelings. But it's important to obey because parents, teachers and God want what's best for us.


What an important lesson not only for little girls(and boys) to learn but also for all Christians to learn. God tells us to do or not to do things because HE wants what is best for us.

Sweet Pea left on vacation about 30 minutes ago with my parents(as did Princess and Mr Man)... but I"m looking forward for when she gets back home and we can start back to this wonderful mommy daughter time. The next story we will read is called A Rainbow Promise and the lesson it will teach is that a woman of God is thankful for God's care.

Happy Friday, I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.