Jesus Storybook Bible

When Christina visited me, she introduced me to the Jesus Storybook Bible. It is, as you may have guessed, for children. It highlights a lot of stories in the Bible, and shows God's plan for salvation, hope, and life in Jesus from the very beginning. In short, it's amazing.

I had it on kindle, but I loved it so much I wanted a hard copy, and it came today. It is real, biblical truth, in the most simple, concise form. I absolutely love it. It's the perfect study break or way to relax after a hard day.

I have a lot of favorites in here, but one is from the story of Leah and Rachel. Jacob works for seven years to have Rachel as a wife, and then his father tricks him and gives him Leah instead. He works another seven years for Rachel as a second wife, but he loves her best.

"'No one loves me,' Leah said. 'I'm too ugly'.

But God didn't think she was ugly. And when he saw that Leah was not loved and that no one wanted her, God chose her - to love her specially, to give her a very important job. One day, God was going to rescue the whole world - through Leah's family.

Now when Leah knew that God loved her, in her heart, suddenly it didn't matter anymore whether her husband loved her the best, or if she was the prettiest. Someone had chosen her, someone did love her - with a Never Stopping, Never Giving Up, Unbreaking, Always and Forever Love.

So when Leah had a baby boy she called him Judah, which means, 'This time I will praise the Lord!' And that's just what she did.

And you'll never guess what job God gave Leah. You see, when God looked at Leah, he saw a princess. And sure enough, that's exactly what she became. One of Leah's children's children's children would be a prince - the Prince of Heaven - God's Son.

This Prince would love God's people. They wouldn't need to be beautiful for him to love them. He would love them with all of his heat. And they would be beautiful because he loved them.

Like Leah."