Hinds' Feet on High Places Illustrated ed

I love this book! And the illustrated version just makes it better!!

My children (ages 9 7 and 5) and I read "Hinds' Feet on High Places" as part of our Bible Study/Character Development portion of our daily schedule The kids and I absolutely loved this story! We read a portion of a chapter a day (sometimes more because they literally were begging for me to go on) stopping at the designated devotional thoughts The story itself is beautiful The allegory is unbelievably simple and easy to apply to our own Christian walks The "Spend Some Quiet Time" pages that are sprinkled throughout the book (usually one mid-chapter and one at the end of the chapter) are very reflective and encourage meaningful conversations Each devotion includes a "Think About" which is a very thought provoking application of the portion of the story just read; ie "Do you know people who love the Lord but who still went through lots of sadness and pain?We have a choice to make when Sorrow and Suffering come our way We can get upset and angryor we can thank God and trust Him to take care of us" Next the devotion includes scripture references to look up in the Bible Lastly it includes a prayer which is written with great emotion and is very applicable to a child's life and is then sometimes followed by an instruction to go and put your prayer request into action (ie "Find a spot to be alone with Jesus Imagine yourself on His lapTell Him about any hurts you have Pour out your heart to Him") Long after we finished reading this book my children still would reference the characters and story when talking about their own personal struggles I have often referred back to the story as well to remind them of what we read and learned from the main character "Much-Afraid" In fact although this is a children's version of this story while going through some personal struggles I also was able to apply what I had reaped from this story to assist me in keeping my eyes on the ways of the Lord We loaned out this book to good friends to use during their Bible Study; her children are ages 12 and 8 She and her children were just as moved and impressed by this simple beautiful story I highly recommend reading this story with your children of all ages and also believe that it would make a beautiful and meaningful gift for many occasions Not many twelve dollars books are as treasured and valuable as this one! I hope you enjoy this book as much as we have!