The Lonely Little Princess, Part 3
By Elizabeth Fust Many years passed, and the three girls spent all their time together. They dreamed of their futures and of their “Prince Charming’s” too. With each other’s help, they grew into beautiful young women. One summer, the little princess went on a vacation to a far-away land. “I can’t wait to see all these strange places. Maybe I will fall in love with a prince from another land. I’ll send you letters!” she told her friends as she left. The Princess and the dressmaker’s daughter were sad that the little princess would be gone for so long, but at least they had each other. Then the dressmaker’s daughter left, too. “I’m going to go sew dresses for a queen in a foreign land. It will be so romantic! Maybe I’ll meet a gentleman...
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By Elizabeth Fust “Star light, star bright, the first star I see tonight; I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight. And the wish I wish tonight is for a friendship always bright.” There! That is what the Princess wished for. “Dear God, I’m so lonely. Please, could you give me a friend that will always love me and never leave me? I don’t care if it’s a peasant, princess, or a prince. I just don’t want to be alone. Thank you, God. Amen.” And with that, the Princess went to sleep. After talking to God, she didn’t feel as lonely. The next day the Princess went to the dressmaker’s shop with her mother, the Queen. There were so many dresses in many different colors. There were sparkly silver dresses, pretty pink dresses, and...
Read MoreGrand Slam Perseverance II
As we read in Part I, Nick lost his game but a caring man encouraged him to not give up. Here, he helps Nick make the right decision & teaches him about perseverance. The door slammed behind him as Nick struggled to hold on to his cleats and his burger. “I hate being late!” he complained to his Mom. “I need batting practice before the game, really bad!” Mom handed him a napkin. “Don’t forget you’re on a team, Nick. You have a great team!” He absorbed his burger, but even more so the encouraging words of his Mother. Soon practice was over and it was time for the last big game. Nick’s dream for the Play-off’s was closer than ever, but things didn’t look good for the Eagles. By the fourth inning, the team’s discouragement...
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By Elizabeth Fust Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess who lived in a stone castle that looked out on the sea. The Princess was an only child, and she was very lonely. Because the Princess had no one to play with, she spent her days reading books from the castle library. She read books about dangerous adventures where heroes fought for justice or searched for a great treasure of gold and jewels. Sometimes she would read books about ghosts. But she didn’t do that often because she didn’t like ghosts. Her favorite books were about true love. She was almost always reading those kinds of books. As the Princess grew older she became even lonelier, especially when she finished reading all the books in the library! She had no friends, and now she had no...
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“One night Joseph had a dream and promptly reported the details to his brothers, causing them to hate him even more. “Listen to this dream,” he announced. “We were out in the field tying up bundles of grain. My bundle stood up, and then your bundles all gathered around and bowed low before it!” “So you are going to be our king, are you?” his brothers taunted. And they hated him all the more for his dream and what he had said. (Gen. 37: 5-8, NLT.) When Joseph shared another similar dream with his family, his brothers’ hatred and jealousy intensified. This was one of many trials for Joseph, giving us an example of what it means to persevere. In the following story, a boy named Nate plays on a baseball team and begins to learn what it...
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