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“That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither — whatever they do prospers.”
-Psalm 1:3
When I held each of my babies in my arms and cuddled them upon their birth, I was not anticipating years ahead when they would enter their adult worlds. I actually didn’t think then about, “I wonder what they will be when they grow up!”
Today I am so excited to have Joy, my own sweet girl, on my podcast to talk about so many fun and wonderful things. Joy is doing a post doc at King’s College in London, she teaches, she edits for a wonderful magazine, writes books and of course makes a mean cup of tea. Most of all, though, I stand amazed at her life, her thoughts, her work, her generous love for so many in her life.
Joy is releasing another book soon called, You Are A Tree: And Other Metaphors To Nourish Thought and Prayer.
I am so very excited about this book! In the same way that we expose ourselves and children to great stories to shape our moral imagination, so Jesus used so many metaphors in scripture to give us a personal picture of what He is like.
This is a perfect way for children to store up images about Christ that He created to be a picture to us of how He wants to relate to us. he wants us to know Him — personally and to understand what He is like. If you begin to share these images and discuss them with your children, they will remember these vibrant pictures of Christ the rest of their lives (I am the light of the world: the bread of life, the Good Shepherd, etc).
Joy has taken some of her favorite metaphors and personalized them so that we can grow closer in our relationship with Christ, to have a deep sense of the meaning God has stitched into the very fabric of our every day experiences through light, trees, water, bread.
To celebrate her book today, I am giving away 2 copies. To enter: follow me, follow her on Instagram (@joynessthebrave) and tag a friend in the comments. If you don’t win, you will want to preorder to use this inspiring book.
Happy Monday, dear friends. Hope you enjoy the podcast today.
