Description:
God's care is wrapped around you, it holds you safe and tight. Like a mama with her baby, God holds you through the night.
Speak words of love and reassurance over your little one with God's Gentle Care--a heartwarming bedtime blessing book filled with comfort, peace, and calm.
Bestselling author Glenys Nellist offers this lyrical, rhyming story as a delightful way for parents, grandparents, and caregivers to teach the youngest children that God's care is constant, gentle, and strong, holding them every moment of every day and night. Planted in their hearts at an early age, this wonderful biblical truth will provide comfort and security for children their whole lives.Filled with adorable barnyard-themed animal illustrations and sweet, childlike blessings, this brightly illustrated picture book is the perfect way to wind down the day and enjoy a loving moment together before young readers drift off to sleep.
Bedtime Blessings: God's Gentle Care includes:
- Beautiful blessings written in simple, lyrical rhyme
- Tender and heartwarming illustrations
- A presentation page, ideal for gift-giving
- Scriptural content that calms bedtime anxiety
- Adorable illustrations of horses, cows, goats, sheep, and other favorite farm animals
- Four blessings for parents and grandparents to pray over their child
- Room to personalize each blessing with a child's name
Create a meaningful bedtime tradition with God's Gentle Care--the third book in the Bedtime Blessings series---that nurtures faith, security, and calm before sleep and reminds little ones that they are cradled in God's gentle care, today and always.
Learn more and find free resources at bedtimeblessingsbooks.comBrief description:
Glenys Nellist was born and raised in a little village in northern England. The author of many children's books, including five popular series: Love Letters from God, Snuggle Time, 'Twas, Bedtime Blessings, and Little Mole, her writing reflects a deep passion for helping children discover joy and hope in the world. Glenys lives in Michigan with her husband, David.
Review Quotes:
"Sweet and soothing, God's Gentle Care will lull little ones to sleep wrapped in reassurance. Especially beautiful is the use of maternal imagery for divine love, warmly expressed in Glenys Nellist's rhythmic verse and adorable illustrations of farm animals by Natalie Merheb. This little book is a lovely way for families to create a simple and meaningful bedtime ritual for their beloved children."
--Laura Alary, author of children's books including the "Circle of Wonder" series
"This little bedtime book pairs tender scripture-based blessings with illustrations of farm animals to deliver a stirring message: Pigs, chickens, sheep, cows--animals we farm--care for their young with a gentleness like God's own gentleness for our little ones. Bravo to Nellist and Merheb for bringing this awareness to children!"
--Gayle Boss, author of the award-winning series, All Creation Waits
"In a world riddled with anxiety, our children need the powerful reassurance offered in this lovely book. When you read it to a child, remember you, too, are held in God's gentle care."
--Bishop David Bard, The United Methodist Church
"Glenys Nellist's books are true and sound, yet ever-so-gentle. This one, especially, gives children beautiful, contemplative and theologically-sound affirmations to carry with them as they drift off to sleep. It introduces kids to a God who is trustworthy - a God who not only loves them, but delights in them. I can't wait to read this to my kids!"
--Mariko Clark, author of The Book of Belonging: Bible Stories for Kind and Contemplative Kids and co-creator of The Belonging Workshop
"Once again, Glenys offers us a tender and timeless way to share the deep assurance of God's love with our little ones. As you read this story to a little one, you are gently led into a space of comfort and peace. Readers and listeners will sense God's presence woven through the lyrical words, the charming illustrations, and the sharing of this beautiful story of love."
--Melanie Gordon, Director, Let the Children Come Initiative, Duke Divinity School
"God's Gentle Care offers children a tender and trustworthy vision of God's steady presence and love. With simple yet theologically rich language and beautiful illustrations, it gives parents and ministry leaders words to assure children that they are held, cared for, deeply loved--and that God is with them wherever they go. I am grateful for the simple, sacred language that helps me pray with and bless my child before sleep. I commend it to all who long to wrap children in the gentle promise of God's faithful love."
--Rev. Dr. Tanya Campen, Director of Faith Formation, Rio Texas Conference, United Methodist Church