BIBLE BELLES: RUTH

The Bible Belles are back with book 4 in the Adventures of Rooney Cruz! The new book, Ruth: The Belle of Loyalty, teaches your young girl all about loyalty. Understanding loyalty at a young age is hard. Even adults struggle with being loyal, we see it every day. What better way to help your own little belle understand loyalty than with a story straight from the Word?

With the help of her angel, Mari, Rooney has learned that God has given her three real superpowers: Prayer, Patience, and Bravery. She’s learning how to use these powers as she faces challenges, but how will she handle it when the trouble is coming from a close friend? When she wants to give up, when all she wants to do is leave, can she choose to love instead?

As Rooney watches Ruth face the choice to stay or walk away, she learns what it means to be loyal and put another person’s needs before her own. Soon Rooney becomes the greatest superhero of all, a Bible Belle!

What I love about Bible Belles is the passion. Bible Belles creators, writer and illustrator, Erin and Brent Weidemann want their daughter and girls all over the world to fall in love with women of the Bible even more so than they fall in love with fairy tale princesses. They are setting out to present women in the Bible in a way that has never been done before. They want girls to connect with them and find out what being truly beautiful is all about and they want girls to remember their names, their stories, and how special they are. To read how Bible Belles started, click HERE.

So far, we have 4 Belles: Hannah, the Belle of Prayer; Esther, the Belle of Patience; Abigail, the Belle of Bravery; and now Ruth, the Belle of Loyalty. Along with the books, Bible Belles offers a book club, birthday party options to have a Bible Belle birthday party, kids' devotionals and a podcast.

To pick up a 4 book bundle of all the Bible Belles and save $10, click HERE! To pick up a bundle that includes all 4 books and all 4 matching devotionals and save $20, click HERE! Use coupon code bbaff-10-off to receive 10% off your order or use coupon code freeshipping to receive free shipping on your order over $25.

Bible Belles: Esther

My absolute favorite Bible story is the story of Esther. I love reading about this ordinary girl who God used in a mighty way. Esther was brave and bold and risked her own life just to save the lives of her people. How could you not love Esther!?

Today I am thrilled to share the brand new book in the Bible Belles series, Esther: The Belle of Patience. Bible Belles is a five book series, Esther being book two, about the adventures of Rooney Cruz as she learns about five superhero women of the Bible: Hannah, Esther, Abigail, Ruth and Deborah. In Esther, Rooney learns how to have patience in handling her conflict, just as Esther did in the Bible.

Check out the trailer here:

Not only does Bible Belles offer now two books with three more to soon come, they offer an amazing Bible Belles Party in a Box for your own little Belle to celebrate with her friends. For only $10 per girl, you get:

• Event overview that include supply list, decor ideas, food and drink recipes, music and more!
• Complete program, a step by step guide from party start to finish.
• a Hannah: The Belle of Prayer book for each girl
• Bible Belle bracelets for each girl
• Prayer collage
• Prayer window
• Prayer bells
• Memory verse card
• Coloring pages.

Did I say it was amazing or what!?

Author and founder Erin Weidemann knows that our girls seek heroes. Why not lead them to Biblical heros?

Bible Belles makes a great gift and witnessing tool for your daughter, niece, granddaughter, neighbor, any little belle in your life. Check out Bible Belles today!

God's Plan, Even For Insomnia

Of all the wonderful, wonderful stories in the Bible, the story of Esther has always been one of my favorites.  I have read it more times than I can count.  Today I as I was reading something stuck out to me that I had never realized before.


Occasionally I have insomnia.  Some nights I will lie awake at night and just watch the hours pass by until the alarm sounds.  And some nights I will sleep but it takes me several hours to fall asleep.  Last year God revealed to me that some of those times it is not insomnia really, but His call for me to pray.  So now, when I lie awake at night, I try praying.  Praying in the spirit, praying for my family, friends, church, you my dear readers, I pray for everything I can think of.  Many nights, that helps me sleep.  But there are nights I pray for hours and still cannot sleep.


King Xerxes had what some might call insomnia on this one particular night.  Today, I realized, it was God.


Hamon, as we all know, hated the Mordecia and plotted to kill him and all of the Jews.  On this night Hamon was especially full of hatred for Mordecia and went to the king wanting permission to hang him right then, having already set up the gallows.  But it just so happened that God kept King Xerxes awake and put the thought of reading his chronicles in his head.  After hearing of the day that Mordecia revealed a plot to kill the king, he asked his reader if they had done anything for Mordecia.


Had King Xerxes not have been awake and heard the chronicles, he very possibly would have granted Hamon's wishes and Mordecia would have been hung.


As I read this, God reminded me that He has a plan and a purpose for everything.  Even sleepless nights.  


What are you facing today?  God has a purpose.  As Him to reveal to you what He wants you to see.  Remember that God always has a plan.


Sweet Blessings~



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