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Have any of you or your children read the Elsie Dinsmore series? I am reading and crying my way through book 1, and I am absolutely amazed at how much I am affected by the example of little 8 year old Elsie! Her humility and obedience and self control are almost an exact foil to my pride, rebellion, and emotion-controlled living! Ah! To have sought the life of Christ as a young child! But the real beauty of the book is how it inspires me to seek Christ, to pray for His aid as I battle the wickedness of my own heart. It is so easy to forget that He will help us by providing us with more faith, more love, more humility, more patience to accomplish the plan He has set before us! 1 John 5:14-15 says "And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him." No matter how impossible it seems, He will equip us to obey Him! Isn't that a wonderful thought! He makes it possible to obey Him! "And Jesus looking upon them saith, WITH MEN IT IS IMPOSSIBLE, BUT NOT WITH GOD: FOR WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE." Mark 10:27 The book also provides wonderful insight to the soul of the child, how fragile and yet resilient it is. The novel and its many characters have given me much to reflect on concerning parenting, as well. I know it is fiction but it truly is an inspirational, spiritually challenging read. I am planning on using it during devotional time as a read aloud even though I have 3 boys! If anyone has had any experience reading these books to boys, I'd love to hear it! I highly reccommend this book to all Christian readers of all ages! In this treasure trove of virtue and life lessons, there is something for everyone to glean! |
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Posted by Anonymous