List Price: $15.95 (Hardcover)
Children’s Book: Ages 4 - 7
What is your purpose? In last month’s issue of WOW!, we featured the topic of finding your purpose. I can recall being in my early 20’s and not understanding God’s purpose for my life. It seemed like a mystery that I could not solve. If adults struggle to understand meaning and purpose in life, I can only imagine how children must feel. God Has a Purpose for Me helps children discover their God-given purpose.
Aya has trouble understanding the Sunday sermon at her family's church. She wonders, “What does the pastor mean when he tells us to fulfill God’s purpose in our lives?” After a brief talk with her Nana, she thinks she knows how to please God. She begins right away doing things that she believes will make God happy. Tired and confused by her efforts, she turns to family for deeper understanding.I read this book to my five-year-old daughter. The graphics caught her attention right away. She identified with the main character Aya – sitting in church and not understanding the sermon. I believe children, parents, and youth workers will love this book. I enjoyed it! I wanted to know how the author would explain something so complex to children. She did a wonderful job communicating a sometimes-difficult topic in the simplest way possible. I acknowledge that this book is more than fun and colorful; it is a teaching tool. While reading to my daughter, I felt as if I was planting a seed that will grow for years to come.
LaRonda Koffi is the owner of Jesus Loves Me Children's Books LLC. She is committed to writing and publishing books that will help children grow spiritually. Her ministry donates $1 for each book sold to Compassion International’s Unsponsored Children’s Fund - a Christian child advocacy ministry that releases children from spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty (http://www.compassion.com/).
LaRonda recognizes the limited supply of Bible-based children’s books. She says the Lord placed it on her heart to begin fulfilling the need. To learn more about this author and her ministry, visit http://www.jesuslovesmebooks.com/.
Published in WOW!, October 2008 Issue
Copyright 2008 Tameka Delaney Edwards
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