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The Book: A Mysterious Egg in the Forest, opens a message for preteens and young teens to be exposed to the Biblical truth of why God sent his son Jesus to Earth. It shares why many celebrate Easter as another Holy Holiday, one as great as Christmas. It reveals why Easter is far greater than Easter Egg hunts and Bunny Baskets filled with goodies.
The story begins with a group of farm animals who hear there is a mysterious and special egg hidden in their nearby forest. This motivates Gracie, the lovable, adventurous goat, to go hunt for this egg in the woods. As she explores the forest to locate the egg, she searches her thoughts to wonder which oviparous animal may have this special egg. She questions is it hidden in a nest or somewhere on the forest floor? She travels from forest friend to forest friend, asking if they have the special egg within their nest. Her adventure reveals the discovery of an Easter Egg. Gracie, along with a group of children who attended an Easter Egg hunt at the farm, learns about God's love for his children and why God sent his son to Earth. Through the story, children learn the importance of Jesus' death, resurrection, and ascension to Heaven. The book teaches Christian beliefs at a preteen and young teen level. It provides a message the EGG is an acronym for Enjoy God's Grace and provides an explanation of the value of Grace, mercy, and forgiveness given by God. The book shows scripture evidence that God loves his children and provides a way for each of us to have eternal life after our physical body dies. The book allows parents to begin a much deeper understanding and conversation about the value of the Easter holiday as their child realizes there is no Easter Bunny. After the story, the book offers a salvation prayer, an Easter Egg poem, an explanation of the Trinity of God, and a few scripture verses to back up the message in the story. In addition, the book gives an explanation of how the Easter Egg supports the Easter Holiday.
The story begins with a group of farm animals who hear there is a mysterious and special egg hidden in their nearby forest. This motivates Gracie, the lovable, adventurous goat, to go hunt for this egg in the woods. As she explores the forest to locate the egg, she searches her thoughts to wonder which oviparous animal may have this special egg. She questions is it hidden in a nest or somewhere on the forest floor? She travels from forest friend to forest friend, asking if they have the special egg within their nest. Her adventure reveals the discovery of an Easter Egg. Gracie, along with a group of children who attended an Easter Egg hunt at the farm, learns about God's love for his children and why God sent his son to Earth. Through the story, children learn the importance of Jesus' death, resurrection, and ascension to Heaven. The book teaches Christian beliefs at a preteen and young teen level. It provides a message the EGG is an acronym for Enjoy God's Grace and provides an explanation of the value of Grace, mercy, and forgiveness given by God. The book shows scripture evidence that God loves his children and provides a way for each of us to have eternal life after our physical body dies. The book allows parents to begin a much deeper understanding and conversation about the value of the Easter holiday as their child realizes there is no Easter Bunny. After the story, the book offers a salvation prayer, an Easter Egg poem, an explanation of the Trinity of God, and a few scripture verses to back up the message in the story. In addition, the book gives an explanation of how the Easter Egg supports the Easter Holiday.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781960620781 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Gina Schluneker |
| Publication date: | 04/12/2023 |
| Pages: | 46 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.10(d) |
| Age Range: | 6 - 8 Years |
About the Author
Gina M. Schluneker is a retired Special Ed teacher, Varying Exceptionalities K-12, Board Certified. She taught in South Florida and Georgia. Gina's family has always valued Easter and has many happy memories with family and friends dying eggs to create Easter Eggs to celebrate Easter. Gina confessed to being a Christian throughout her youth and even as an adult. Yet, for years she was ignorant of understanding her faith until she was baptized in her thirties. She feels it is important children have an opportunity to hear the true message of Easter and how precious and Holy the holiday is for all mankind.
The evening of her mother's death, while going through her mother's personal paperwork to prepare an obituary notice for her mother, she came across a note her mother had created about the Egg. Using the acronym - EGG - her mother created the message - Enjoy God's Grace, along with other thoughts her mother scribbled. Discovering this note inspired her to write about God's grace and create a poem and a book about the EGG and Jesus.
Her mother, Leah Clare DeBatty, had a very challenging marriage, and she lost her way in her faith with God. After the divorce, she fully immersed herself - engaging in reading scripture and listening to spiritual music and messages. Through her mother's conversion of love and healing, relationships with all four daughters changed, and God became the spiritual leader and healer for their family.
Easter reminds her family how God saved each of them on so many levels. God heals hearts and relationships through awareness of forgiveness, removing critical judgments, and learning to communicate and correct with a spirit of love and kindness. God provides people with the spirit to love and live in a new way. Every family member is still a work in progress - imperfect - but they know who to sit with for counsel these days, their Spiritual Father, Jesus.
Gina Schluneker lives in Canton, Georgia, 30114.
228 Riverstone Place
The evening of her mother's death, while going through her mother's personal paperwork to prepare an obituary notice for her mother, she came across a note her mother had created about the Egg. Using the acronym - EGG - her mother created the message - Enjoy God's Grace, along with other thoughts her mother scribbled. Discovering this note inspired her to write about God's grace and create a poem and a book about the EGG and Jesus.
Her mother, Leah Clare DeBatty, had a very challenging marriage, and she lost her way in her faith with God. After the divorce, she fully immersed herself - engaging in reading scripture and listening to spiritual music and messages. Through her mother's conversion of love and healing, relationships with all four daughters changed, and God became the spiritual leader and healer for their family.
Easter reminds her family how God saved each of them on so many levels. God heals hearts and relationships through awareness of forgiveness, removing critical judgments, and learning to communicate and correct with a spirit of love and kindness. God provides people with the spirit to love and live in a new way. Every family member is still a work in progress - imperfect - but they know who to sit with for counsel these days, their Spiritual Father, Jesus.
Gina Schluneker lives in Canton, Georgia, 30114.
228 Riverstone Place
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