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Today I want to introduce you to the beautiful children's book Psalms for my Day published by Christian Focus. It is a child's praise devotional written by Carine MacKenzie and Alec Motyer. Alec Motyer was a repected precher, writer and Bible scholar who could read the bible in it's original languages. Alec enjoyed to study God's word and wrote the translation of Psalms in this book from the original Hebrew version. About a month prior to passing away Alec gave Carine MacKenzie the blessing to create this book with his translations. Carine did a phenomenal job writing passages to go along with the Psalms to make them understandable for kids too.
Psalms is the largest book in the bible, there are 150 psalms that were written 3,500 years ago. The Psalms guide us in how to praise and worship God, how to give and receive grace, and thanksgiving. The table of contents of "Psalms for my Day" lists the Psalms and the main concept. This is great for when you feel a certain theme may be needed for a day.
We mostly have read this is order, if you do one per day it takes roughly a month to get through all of them. There have been days when we went back a repeated one because it was such a powerful message and I knew we needed to hear it again that day!!
This book is approximately 8x8" in size with a colorful hardback cover, there is 87 pages which are thick, glossy and loaded with colorful art. The illustrations are done by Catherine Pope. There were days when my kids looked so confused, not understanding the words I was reading, but were deep in thought with the illustrations. Catherine did a fantastic job customizing art for each Psalm and I have faith that even if my kids don't understand the Psalms yet, they will always feel comfort and peace by the words and continue thinking just as deeply about the words as they do the art.
Psalms for my day has a suggested 'read to me' level of ages 4-6, and 'read myself' of 7-11. We enjoyed this book as a family, we took turns reading it aloud and even as an adult I learned so much. The Author Carine has a true passion for the Psalms and did a great job writing this book but you can also see her deep connection and respect for Alec Motyer, she included many quotes of his throughout her book. "Psalms by the Day" was quoted most frequently, I plan to check that one out soon as well.
Psalms for my day has a suggested 'read to me' level of ages 4-6, and 'read myself' of 7-11. We enjoyed this book as a family, we took turns reading it aloud and even as an adult I learned so much. The Author Carine has a true passion for the Psalms and did a great job writing this book but you can also see her deep connection and respect for Alec Motyer, she included many quotes of his throughout her book. "Psalms by the Day" was quoted most frequently, I plan to check that one out soon as well.
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