2 Peter 2 - Dirty Pig and Washtub Quiet Book Page

In Second Peter chapter 2, people who return to their sins are likened to dirty pigs who return to their muddy puddles after being scrubbed in a washtub.

Memory Verse: It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them. Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.” 2 Peter 2:21-22.

 

Materials needed to create the Dirty Pig and Washtub quiet book page:

• A4 felt background sheet - I used olive green
• my free 2 Peter 2 - Dirty Pig and Washtub Quiet Book Page Template Pattern
• sewing thread to best match the page
• sequins for soap bubbles
• 5 black 3mm grommets and grommet tool set
• Felt scraps in pink, brown, gray, white, mauve
• 30cm length of 2mm round elastic in a mauve colour to match the mauve felt
• White rectangle button for soap
• Ribbon scraps in black
• pink curly shoelace to match the pink felt
• 2 pink two-hole buttons for a snout
• Posca felt tip fabric marker (and an iron + baking paper)

Cut out a Pig from pink felt (make sure it is facing the right way for how you want to arrange your page/book). I think it is nicer if the Pig is facing in towards the page or book when placed in the puddle and washtub.

Cut out all the mud spots for the pig, and the muddy puddle piece and splashes. Arrange the mud spots on the pig, avoiding the edges of the pig so when you sew a back on him you can sew him all together using pink thread. Sew the mud spots onto the pig.

Sew the muddy puddle to another piece of brown felt and cut it out. Arrange the muddy puddles and splashes in place on the page background, making sure there is enough room for your washtub and the pig to be placed into the puddle. Sew the muddy puddle in place along the sides and bottom edges, leaving the top open to form a pocket. Sew the splashes in place around the muddy puddles.

Cut a small length off the end of the curly shoelace and insert it in place under the pig's bottom and another piece of pink felt to form a tail. Sew around the edge of the pig - go very slowly (one stitch at a time) where the tail is inserted because it is very thick and the machine can skip stitches easily. Cut out the pig, being careful not to cut the tail off as you go around.

Use the fabric marker to add eye details to both sides of the pig and set them using an iron and baking paper as per instructions. 

Hand sew the two-buttonhole buttons in place to form a snout on either side of the pig.

Cut out the panels of the washtub and sew them in place onto another piece of gray felt. I numbered mine on the back so I wouldn't get confused with which order they go in. Cut out the washtub. 

Sew the ribbons to the front of the washtub to look like iron rings of metal holding the panels of the washtub together. The edges of the ribbon should be longer than the washtub on both sides so they can be tucked underneath later.

Cut out the back piece of the washtub. You can use the front piece as a guide so they turn out the same size. I found that the panel pieces sewn to another felt piece turned out larger than expected and my back washtub piece was a bit smaller than I wanted. 

Sew the back of the wastub onto the page background and add a grommet to each top corner of the back of the washtub, going through the background page as well.

Add two grommets to the top corners of the front of the washtub and sew it down in place over the top of the back of the washtub along the sides and bottom edges, leaving the top edge open to form a pocket. As you co around, make sure you tuck the ribbon edges underneath for a clean finish.

Cut out the white brush section of the scrubbing brush and sew it to another piece of white felt. Cut it out. 

Cut out the thankless of the scrubbing brush from mauve felt and sandwich the brush section between it and another piece of mauve felt. Sew around the edges of the handle, catching the brush section in place underneath. Cut out the scrubbing brush, being careful as you cut past the brush section.

Add a grommet to the end of the scrubbing brush handle. 

Attach the elastic to the rectangular button by threading it through and tying a knot to prevent it slipping back through. Thread the elastic through the top left grommets in the front and then back of the washtub so the elastic goes through to the back of the page. Bring it up through the top right grommets to the front of the page and attach the other end of the elastic to the scrubbing brush by threading it on and tying another knot to prevent it from slipping back through.

Hand sew on the sequins as bubbles above the washtub.

Place the pig in the muddy puddle or washtub and give him a scrub!

Finished!

Difficulty Level = Intermediate.

Although easier than they seem, grommets can be intimidating - search YouTube for instructions.

Sew slowly (one stitch at a time) when sewing the tail under the pig - it is rather thick.

Key Learning Areas and Skills

• 2 Peter 2 - we should not not return to our old ways of sin but ask God to wash us clean
• Imaginative Play - scrub-a-dub-dub!
• Fine Motor Skills - all quiet books encourage fine motor skill development
• Hand-eye Co-ordination - all quiet books encourage hand-eye co-ordination

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2 Peter 2

Devotional

False prophets may sound righteous but their teachings sound like animal logic to God. They promise freedom whilst being slaves of depravity themselves.

God didn't spare the fallen angels, the pre-flood world, or the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah from the wages of their sin. Yet He rescued Lot and Noah. This proves He is able to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment. Separating wheat from tares (which look fairly identical until the seed head is fully formed) is not a difficult task for Him. 

Being found covered in mud is much worse after you have been freshly scrubbed. It demonstrates a lack of appreciation and determination to sin. Don't turn back to Sodom. Stay on the ark. 

Ask Jesus to scrub you squeaky clean and help you from returning to the mud.

Philippians 1:6 (NLT): And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.

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Romans 10 - Call on the Name of the LORD Quiet Book Page

In Romans 10, Paul explains what it means for us to call on the name of the LORD.

Memory Verse: For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Romans 10:13 NKJV.

Materials needed to create the Call on the LORD quiet book page:

• A4 felt background sheet - I used turquoise
• my free Romans 10 - Call on the LORD Bible Quiet Book Template Pattern
• black hard felt
• white hard felt 
• sewing threads to best match the page
• black curly shoelaces - I bought this (not an affiliate link)
• wadding
• one large decorative button for the dial centre
• 14 smaller decorative buttons for the dial numbers
• 10cm of buttonhole elastic
• 2 small buttons to fit the elastic
• kam snap and tool and piercing rod (or darning needle etc)
• hot glue and glue gun
• scissors!

Firstly, cut out the pattern pieces. Cut out the back of the cradle (the larger cradle piece) from black hard felt and sew it onto your page (use the full phone pattern piece to position it where required).

Cut out two handset pieces and two layers of the slightly smaller wadding. Lay the wadding in between the two handset pieces and sew them together tucking in one end of a curly shoelace at the top left corner of the handset as you go.

Sew the smaller cradle piece to the top of your full phone piece leaving the bottom edge unsewn. Then sew the full phone piece onto your page along the top edge between the two pointy cradle pieces. Leave the two pointy cradle pieces as flaps to be used to house the handset. Sew from the bottom outside edge of one flap to around to the bottom outside edge of the other flap, tucking in the other end of your curly shoelace at the bottom right corner of your phone.

Use the full phone pattern piece to line up where to insert the piercing rod. Use the piercing rod to prepare a hole for your kam snap. Insert one half (male or female) of your kam snap. 

Cut out one side of your dial from the white hard felt and sew your large decorative button to the middle. Use the piercing rod to prepare a hole for your kam snap in the middle of a piece of white hard felt which is slightly larger than the dial. Insert the opposite half (male or female) of your kam snap. Add a little hot glue to the smooth back of the kam snap and glue it to the center of the white felt at the back of the button. Sew down the dial and trim off the excess. Sew down your smaller decorative buttons around the edge of the dial as buttons. I followed a North, South, East, West, etc pattern to try to keep the spacing even.

Lastly, sew a small button to the phone base behind the dial south-east of the kam snap, and another to the back of the dial north east of the kam snap. Button each end of the buttonhole elastic to opposite buttons and you are finished! The dial should spring back when you turn and release the dial.

Tahlia says Romans 10:13 and explains how to play with the retro phone quiet book page - call on the name of the LORD and be saved!

Difficulty Level = Intermediate.

The most difficult part is lining the large button up on the dial with the kam snap underneath, and sewing over the thick shoe lace.

Tahlia shows off the retro phone quiet book page

Key Learning Areas and Skills

• Romans 10 - we can call on God anytime through prayer
• Imaginative play - making pretend phone calls is always a fun thing to do for a child
• Fine Motor Skills - all quiet books encourage fine motor skill development
• Hand-eye Co-ordination - all quiet books encourage hand-eye co-ordination

The retro phone dial returns to the start like a real retro phone!

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Romans 10

Devotional

God doesn't have favourites, and He will save those who call on Him.

Paul asks a series of questions:
How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed?
And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard?
And how shall they hear without a preacher?
And how shall they preach unless they are sent?

♫ Jimmy Little ♥ Royal Telephone ♫

We have been given the privilege of telling people the Good News. If people understand the Good News, they will have faith to call on the name of the LORD. 

That name is Jesus. 

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John 13 - Jesus Washes the Disciple's Feet Quiet Book Page

In John chapter 13, Jesus washes His disciples feet.

Memory Verse: “If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.” John 13:14 NKJV.

 

Materials needed to create the Jesus Washes His Disciple's Feet quiet book page:

• A4 felt background sheet - I used mid blue
• my free John 13 - Jesus Washes His Disciple's Feet Bible Quiet Book Template Pattern
• the free template (first one) available at Nederig zijn - voetwassing by Alie Holman on the geloven is leuk blog - for the feet and bowl
• felt in light blue and white
• 1mm elastic in white
• rooster button - I bought this (not an affiliate link)
• button which looks like communion bread, or painted with nail polish and varnish to resemble some
• nail polish in bread colours (optional)
• varnish (optional - be careful, some varnishes can dissolve nail polish)
• white face washer
• sewing threads to best match the page

Firstly, cut out your pattern pieces from the templates. You may need to print the wash bowl a few times to be able to cut all the pieces.

Cut out a right and left foot from skin coloured felt and sew them down onto more skin coloured felt. Cut them out.

To create the back section of the bowl, sew the light blue water section to the white bowl back. Then sew the white bowl back onto more white felt and cut it out.

To create the front bowl section, sew the white front bowl section to white felt and cut it out. Do not attach the front section to the back section yet.

Repeat this process for the water jug, sewing the front section to the back section along the sides and base leaving the top open as a jug would be.

I chose a square button for the communion bread because that is the shape used by my church, and also the shape used for matzah in a Passover Seder. Matzah must be both striped and pierced (just like Jesus was), so I figured a button is already pierced, and the button I chose also had ridges - I just accentuated them when I painted it. You can of course use a round button if that is what your church uses. I imagine that matzah was round back in Jesus's day because that is an easier shape for people to make it at home.

Paint your button with the nail polish to look like communion bread. You may need to do more than one coat. Seal it with the varnish. Try to keep the holes in the button from being blocked so you can thread them onto elastic. Create a circle with the elastic and tie a knot to secure. Fold the circle onto itself to create a double loop and pin it in place underneath where the bowl will be sewn. Roll up the face washer and check that you have the right length to pull the elastic loops over the buttons on the other elastic loops to hold it in place for storage. Use zig-zag stitch to secure the elastic to the page. Repeat this with the rooster button.

Sew down the bottom section of the bowl along the sides and bottom to form a pocket for the jug behind. Sew down the top section of the bowl along the sides and bottom to create another pocket (inside the bowl) for the feet.

Finished! 

Difficulty Level = Intermediate

There are quite a few layers on this page, especially if you like things double sided like I do. To reduce the layers and make it easier to sew, you could just use the bowl to store the feet and jug and only make a single layer of white felt for the bowl back, sewing it down around the whole perimeter.

Key Learning Areas and Skills

• John 13 - Jesus demonstrates the servant attitude He wants us to have at the Last Supper
• Imaginative play - wash and dry the Disciple's and one another's feet
• Fine Motor Skills - all quiet books encourage fine motor skill development
• Hand-eye Co-ordination - all quiet books encourage hand-eye co-ordination

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John 13

Devotional

I had planned to have communion bread and wine as the buttons holding the face washer to the bottom of this page, but as I discovered when I read the chapter... there is no wine mentioned in this chapter! That was a surprise. I ended up switching the wine for a rooster, as the prediction that Peter would deny Christ before the rooster crowed three times is mentioned. 

I made another page for a church quiet book
using the bread button and wine charm

Rather than focusing on the communion aspect of the supper, John focuses on the foot washing, and the last instructions of Jesus (in this chapter, the New Commandment to love one another).

I guess when Jesus says that if the whole body is washed, we just need to wash the feet, He is giving advice and comfort for when we find ourselves sinning even after we have been baptised. 

Foot washing was offered to guests when entering a home as a common courtesy. To not offer it would have been very impolite. Rich people wore sandals, but I think commoners had bare feet, and no mention is made of soldiers gambling for Jesus' sandals... so I think He probably didn't own a pair of shoes. You can imagine how dirty sandal-ed feet would get, let alone bare feet walking along a dusty or muddy road. It was probably littered with donkey and camel excrement as well. So I imagine having your feet washed was something both the host and the guest would appreciate, as well as all the diners next to them. I'm sure the meal tasted much better without that stench around.

Sacrifice of Song ~ HE WASHED 

THEIR FEET ~ Michael Crawford, Vocalist

If Jesus didn't own a pair of shoes, and borrowed a room for the Passover meal, asking his disciples to prepare it, I imagine that the room was not furnished with servants to wash anyone's feet. Not that I can imagine Jesus using servants anyway. Nevertheless, Jesus took the servant's role and washed His disciple's feet - something they were shocked to see. As usual, Jesus took an everyday object and used it to teach a profound lesson - one we are still pondering today.

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Job 38 - God Questions Job Snow Globe Quiet Book Page

In Job chapter 38, God questions Job from the midst of the whirlwind.

Memory Verse: “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.... Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail," Job 38:4 and 22 NRSV.

Materials needed to create the God Questions Job Snow Globe quiet book page:

• A4 felt background sheet - I used grey marle
• My Craft Quiet Books - Felt Snow Globe free pattern (Thanks Irina!)
• my free Job 38 - God Questions Job Snow Globe Bible Quiet Book Template Pattern
• felt in dark blue, light blue, dark brown, mid brown, tan, green, orange, and white
• sequin organza scrap for the night sky
• clear fabric glue
• decorative fabric scrap for the ocean
• rik rak in various widths and shades of blue
• clear plastic (I used some from a packet that some new sheets came in, but you can also buy it as a tablecloth cover)
• snowflake sequins/buttons/beads - I bought this (not affiliate links) and other ones
• ruler themed ribbon - I bought this (not an affiliate link)
• sewing threads to best match the page
• scissors!

Firstly cut out a piece of dark blue felt for the night sky and glue a piece of sequin organza over the top, folding the edges over to the back of the dark blue felt. Once dry you can sew it in position on your page.You can use the outer globe outline to help you position it correctly. 

The sequin organza came from a wedding dress a friend
gave me to use in my sewing

Cut the decorative fabric for the ocean and glue it down on your page next. When dry, use a small zig zag stitch along the edges to prevent fraying. Sew down rik rak to form waves.

Finish the scene by cutting out your felt pieces and sewing them down in the following order, overlapping where necessary - the light blue sky, orange dawn sun, white cloud, brown cliff (with stitching detail to form longitudinal ridges), tan desert, and green grass.

My Craft Quiet Books - Felt snow globe

Снежный шар из фетра

Cut out some clear plastic using the outer snow globe pattern (not the inner section that is meant for the plastic for the My Craft pattern). Watch the above video to see how to stretch your plastic to allow more movement of the sequins. Stretch your plastic. 

I used a thermos lid to stretch my plastic once heated

Sew down the plastic to form the snow globe over your scene leaving the bottom edge open. Place scotch tape onto your sewing machine foot so the plastic will move through your machine easily. I also place paper underneath part of my sewing machine - see my set-up on my Psalm 46 - Be Still and Know that I Am God Tea Set Quiet Book Page post. 

Add sequins into your snow globe beneath the plastic. Try to add enough for a good effect without obscuring too much of the scene below. Then sew down the dark brown base from Irina's My Craft pattern to seal them in. 

Snowflake sequins - only one of the types I used.

Add the ruler ribbon to the base - you can tuck the edges under to keep the them looking nice. The number 12 only just fit across, but that is usually the number of a foundation in the Bible.

Finished - now you can shake away! 

Difficulty Level = Intermediate

The hardest part of this page is sewing the plastic - see my tips above.

Key Learning Areas and Skills

• Job 38 - this page is all about God's omniscience (knowledge of everything) and our inability to see the big picture
• Imaginative play - make it snow by shaking the snow globe
• Fine Motor Skills - all quiet books encourage fine motor skill development
• Hand-eye Co-ordination - all quiet books encourage hand-eye co-ordination

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Job 38

Devotional

The Gospel OnGuitar -

Where Were You - with lyrics

Ghost Ship - Mars Hill Music

Job is told to brace himself "like a man" in this chapter - not because God is sending discipline, or council, or even telling him off. God is simply "questioning". Humanity is so weak in comparison to God, that God felt the need to prepare Job and ask him to brace himself so that He could even "question" him.

I think we all have questions we would like to ask God. I mean, Job certainly handled himself very well. I don't think I know anyone who could loose their entire business and family (bar one) and keep their words clean. And God honours Job by appearing in a whirlwind to speak to him. I think at that point, it would have been humbling enough for Job - but then he hears all the questions, and God has requested answers to questions that he in no way can answer. It seems the answers are classified at a level above his pay grade / rank (at least for now).

I wonder if we had the chance to ask God our questions, would we regret it?

The Brace Yourself, God Has a Few Questions - Job 38-42 Series post by Calvary Chapel of Jonesboro has some great things to say on this chapter (and it is fairly succinct). Interestingly, they must have counted the number of questions that God asked Job from the whirlwind... and it tickled my fancy. Here comes that number again - 77!

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Genesis 26 - The Kiss (She is my Sister III) Quiet Book Page

Another lie, another blessing. What a theme for Genesis chapter 26 - but the ultimate theme is that nothing will stop Messiah from arriving as God planned.

Memory Verse: “Now it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked through a window, and saw, and there was Isaac, showing endearment to Rebekah his wife. Then Abimelech called Isaac and said, “Quite obviously she is your wife; so how could you say, ‘She is my sister’?”” Genesis 26:8-9 NKJV.

Materials needed to create the The Kiss (She is my Sister III) quiet book page:

• A4 felt background sheet - I used light blue
• sewing thread to best match the page
• my free Genesis 26 - The Kiss (She is my Sister III) Bible Quiet Book Template Pattern 
• felt in motley grey, white, green, purple, yellow, orange, dark brown, and two skin colours
• three gold decorative materials to fit in with The Kiss painting by Gustav Klimt (go for circular pattern for the dress, and angular pattern for the tunic)
• small green trim
• tiny blue embroidered flowers (or cut some like I did) or you could actually embroider them
• small scrap of narrow brown rik rak
• clear craft glue if using decorative material which is likely to fray - I used polyacetic acid & ethylene resin based glue
• hot glue gun and glue
• one jewellery toggle clasp set in gold - I bought this (not an affiliate link)
• white 4mm satin ribbon

Firstly, cut out the square background for "The Kiss" out of grey marle felt. Cut out your blanket out of the decorative gold fabric chosen and glue it in place on the grey marle square. You can use the template to ensure it is glued in the correct position. Once dry, sew along the edge of the gold fabric with a super-fine zig-zag stitch to ensure it doesn't fray.

Repeat this process for Issac's tunic. Then sew down a piece of orange felt for Rebecca's hair. I cut out a section where her face was to go, but I recommend not doing that and just sewing her face over the top of her hair. Again, use the template to position everything. 

Next, cut out the rest of the pieces for "The Kiss" and position them on your canvas to make sure they fit together well. Sew down Rebecca's face and Issac's head. I also tried to line up the circles on Rebecca's dress with the circular patterns on the dress of "The Kiss".

Because my circular gold pattern fabric was quite translucent, I layered it over the top of yellow felt. I glued two layers to the felt, then trimmed and cut the slit through the two top layers again to allow the arm to pass through.

Sew the pieces down in the following order: Issac's hands, Rebecca's hand around Issac's neck, Rebecca's arm - ensure that her dress is in position and sew her arm over the top of the dress, folding the sleeve back as in the picture below.

Then continue and sew down Issac's hair and Rebecca's dress. For Rebecca's dress, start at the sleeve and finish at the arm. Glue Issac's sleeve and once dry, follow with another zig-zag edge to prevent fraying. You may notice it was difficult for me to see where the edge was and I got it a little wrong and had to do it again. Happily, I was able to cover the mistake with a blue embroidered flower.

I cut up the blue embroidered flowers to make them smaller to resemble the ones in "The Kiss" and then hot glued them in place. You can also hot glue the small green trim onto Issac's hair at this stage (but I hadn't found something to use at this stage so I actually did it last). I wanted to match the green trim with a green felt for the topiary bush to tie them in together. And then if I used a pale green, I wanted to use a pale purple for King Abimelek and vice versa.

Initially I was going to make the window out of brown felt to resemble wood, but I realised that the painting would look much better with a white border. Also, I figured that if King Abimelek was looking out a Palace window, why wouldn't it have been white-washed. Surely a palace back then would have been decorated nicely. But now I am wondering if he looked through a window into their house instead of looking out a palace window. But then again, it may have been similar to the David and Bathsheba incident, where the king's palace was taller than surrounding houses, and thus when he looked out his window, he could see straight onto the roof of nearby houses. 

Arrange the window pieces onto a square of felt and sew down each plank in order. Make two window pieces (one a mirror image of the other).

Cut four little lengths of ribbon to form hinges and a latch, and melt the edges - see my post on How to Stop Ribbons Fraying. Thread the toggle onto one and fold and secure it to the back edge of the door that you want to open. Sew the hinges to the back edge of the opposite side. 

Then hot glue the other side of the door to this one. Thread the round section of the toggle clasp onto the remaining ribbon and fold it as well. 

Position the window in the middle upper portion of the page and make sure there is enough room for the window to open. I wanted to have a clasp on either side so the window could be latched open or closed, but there just wasn't enough room.

Cut out the window frame and pin it in position over the top of the hinges (but not the toggle ribbon). Pin and sew the inside edge of the frame only. Ensure there is enough ribbon length on the hinges to open and close the window freely.

Now cut out the blue page background from the inside of the window frame. Position "The Kiss" behind it before sewing down the outer edge of the window frame, tucking in the ends of the ribbon hinges and securing the ribbon with the round part of the clasp in place as you go.

Insert the toggle into the clasp to secure the window while sewing the rest of the page.

Cut out your remaining template or pieces and arrange them on your page to get the right position. Sew down the white pot while you have white thread on your machine.

Now you can sew down the pieces of your topiary bush - I couldn't get it to look right and asked Faith and Felt Obsession's Facebook followers to help me. 

Thankfully someone noticed that I had two of the pieces upside down. When that was fixed, it fit together perfectly!

Complete the page by sewing down the pieces for King Abimelek in the following order: neck, head, hand, foot, brown rik rak as a shoe, tunic sleeve, hair, crown. Use your template too line everything up correctly.

Finished!

Difficulty Level = Intermediate

The main difficulty I had was sewing a super-fine zig-zag edge around the paper thin decorative fabric, especially where there was a second layer of the same fabric on top of itself (such as Issac's arm) which made it difficult to see.

Key Learning Areas and Skills

• Genesis 26 - Lying will get found out!
• Art Education - learn about the famous painting "The Kiss" by Gustav Klimt - see the article Art Analysis: The Kiss by Klimt by Artsper Magazine
• Jewellery clasps - open and close the window using the toggle clasps
• Peek-a-boo - open the window to find out what is behind
• Fine Motor Skills - all quiet books encourage fine motor skill development
• Hand-eye Co-ordination - all quiet books encourage hand-eye co-ordination

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Genesis 26

Devotional

Yet another example of God blessing us despite ourselves. All three instances where a patriarch tells a foreign king that his wife is his sister, in addition to many of the matriarchs being barren for a long time before conception, are meant to portray that God's will WILL succeed despite the enemies best efforts. Jesus was born through a line of lying, wife-sacrificing and barren ancestors. God's strength is made perfect in weakness.

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