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About the author
Eric and Meredith Schrotenboer are both storytellers at heart. Eric is an award-winning filmmaker and music composer. Meredith is an award-winning journalist and news anchor. Eric has his Master of Divinity and leads biblical study trips to Israel and Jordan through his ministry, The Acacia Project. Meredith is a certified enneagram coach and facilitator. Together, they launched Fresh Wind Studios, where they create resources that help children and families better understand the historical, geographical, and cultural context of the Bible. They are the creators of the award-winning Christmas resource The Wandering Wise Men, and the award-winning picture books The Youngest Disciple, The Mouse in the Manger, and Hear, O Little One: In the Morning and in the Evening. Eric and Meredith live in Holland, MI, with their two children, Meryn and Judah.
Summary
God is full of love for your children, and This Special Blessing for You empowers them to live out who God wants them to be in the world. Now available as a board book, the engaging, rhyming text encourages the kids in your life to see themselves as God’s child and spread love and kindness to others.
Today is the day the world gets to see,
the beautiful person God made you to be.
Wherever you go, it’s God’s love you’re expressing,
so God sends you out with this special blessing.
This Special Blessing for You uses words and phrases that help young children better understand what God wants to communicate to them. Each promise and declaration is based on the Aaronic Blessing found in Numbers 6:23–27: “The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; The Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.”
Young children ages will delight in these spiritual takeaways:
- God loves you so much and delights in your presence.
- Every child is God’s beautiful creation.
- God fills you with power and strength to be who God calls you to be.
- You carry God’s name wherever you go.
- You show the world what God is like by how you love and serve one another.
This Special Blessing for You is perfect for:
- read-aloud time or at the end of the day during nightly bedtime routines.
- nursery school and children’s worship classes, to let kids know at an early age who God is calling them to be and what God is calling them to do each day as they go out into the world.
- parents and grandparents who want to share God’s blessing with the children in their lives.
- baptism, Easter, birthday, and any other gift-giving events.
