Recommendation for Family Mealtime Devotional

Boy have I wasted a lot of money on this one.

Time after time I would scour the Internet for the perfect devotional book for our family to do together at mealtimes.  I bought one that had very confusing content; I bought one that we were not theologically on the same page with; I bought one that was just downright cheesy…on and on and on.

This is what I was specifically looking for:

• SHORT!  My kids are young, hungry, and fidgety.  To expect them to listen to a drawn-out “sermon” during dinner was setting us all up for a miserable time.  So I knew that I wanted something that would take five minutes or less.
• TRUE!  I want my  children’s ears to be flooded with truth during this sponge-like stage of life that they are in.  The devotional needed to line up with Scripture, no questions asked.
• FUN!  This means it is written in kid language, has some engaging questions, and maybe a song or two.  This should be a fun time!  I don’t want my kids growing up hating anything to do with church or God simply because it was a bore.

So how did my journey end?

Happily, at the feet of the sweetest, most wonderful family devotional I could have hoped for!  A dear friend of mine stumbled across an old, old family devotional book at a yard sale of all places.  She bought it, loved it, and recommended it to me!

I bought it, loved it, and now I’m recommending it to you!

It’s called “Leading Little Ones to God” by Marian M. Schoollard, and was written in 1962.

This book has everything I was looking for, and even a few extra things!  Not only does it have a short story/teaching time with some questions and a song at the end, but it also has a prayer, a memory verse, and sweet drawings to look at!

My husband reads out of it almost every night, and so far it has gone over really well.  In fact, the content is such a great balance of kid-friendly mixed with deep truths that I am finding myself learning a lot through each lesson!  🙂

So this is my two-cents on a great family devotional book.

Any other good ones out there?

“Header” photo by:  Paul Stainthorp

Lauren Souers

Hi, my name is Lauren. I am the wife of one fine man and the momma of four (huge) young children – three boys and one princess! I love all of them. I mostly clean up messes and feed people all day, and it’s really fun to write about it. Jesus is the rock of my family – we love and serve a mighty King! I hope you leave here full of hope that “tired” can be good.