More Than a Few Coins in a Cup
Love - A Fruit of the Spirit
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That day, as they walked along Main Street, Brooklyn spotted the same man she had seen the week before. She saw him, just past the toy store, where they were going to walk in to shop. “Could it be?!?” Brooklyn saw him sitting huddled under a ragged, red blanket that looked so dirty, and the corners were wet. “That blanket looked familiar! But it couldn’t be the same man, could it?” He was sitting, propped up against the cold stone wall, and beside him, was a cardboard sign. On the sign, he had scribbled with red marker, “PLEASE GIVE TO HELP ME.” In his hand, he held a cup, and when he shook it, some coins rattled in the bottom! Brooklyn shook her head and thought, “Probably not him.” But then he looked up …. and their eyes met! “It was him!!!” In an instant, she remembered!!! At school, a couple weeks ago, just before the big snow storm had hit, both Brooklyn and her older sister, Meghan were told by their teachers that their two classes, Grade 4 and Grade 8, would be going on a field trip on Friday afternoon. They were told to make sure they came to school with winter woollies because the field trip would be outdoors, to a city park, downtown.
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About the Book
This book More Than a Few Coins in a Cup is the fi rst in a series titled Fruits of the Spirit by Karen A. Kranendonk. She has written them with a prayer that the readers will be inspired to grow in their spiritual journeys through life. May these lambs who are brought into the sheepfold of Jesus the Great Shepherd learn to live out the fruits of the Spirit they themselves have been blessed with. This book carries the subtitle Love—a Fruit of the Spirit, and it should become self-evident when reading that love is interwoven through the entire story, as it should be through life. The great commandment is to love God above all, and one’s neighbour as oneself. Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall fi nd; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For everyone that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh fi ndeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.” (Matthew 7:7) The author wants children to come to the Lord Jesus, and those who come to Him will not be turned away. When they become sons and daughters of God, the love for Him and those around will only increase. Endeavouring to reach as many as possible, all the children’s books she writes will be in dyslexia-friendly font.
About the Author
Karen Kranendonk loves writing. A column series translated into Dutch and short stories in a children’s magazine are highlights of her writing. With encouragement, she felt called to publish her fi rst children’s book. She and her husband, Ron, have been married for thirty-three years; they have ten children, fi ve sons-in-law, soon their fi rst daughter-in-law, and seven grandchildren. Illustrator Carla Schaap is the author’s niece and the graphic design artist of Carla Jenny Designs. A picture really does tell a thousand words, and there are fi fteen illustrations to prove it.