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God Is with Me Through the Day

Copyright © 2009 by Julie Cantrell

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ePub Edition June 2009 ISBN: 0-310-86222-1

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Cantrell, Julie, 1973-

God is with me through the day / by Julie Cantrell.

p. cm.

Summary: A child is reminded that God loves him all the time, even when he is alone.

ISBN-13: 978-0-310-71562-7 (hardcover)

ISBN-10: 0-310-71562-8 (hardcover)

[1. Christian life—Fiction. 2. Fear—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.C173566Gl 2009

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Content

Title Page

Copyright Page

About the Publisher

Share Your Thoughts

to Emily and Adam

In the morning

I wake up and stretch.

I laugh.

I play.

I am happy with my family.

I am Safe in my home.

Then Mama kisses my cheek.

And I run Out the door.

I start to feel alone.

I try to be brave.

But sometimes I cry

I feel very small in the great big world.

That’s when I remember that God is always with me.

Just like when he helped
David fight the lions
to save his sheep.

Just like when God kept Jonah safe inside the whale.

When I’m afraid, I say out loud,
“God loves me.”

I roar like a bear,
“I am safe!”

My world doesn’t seem so scary anymore.

In God’s hands, I am Strong.

I am loved!

And I am never alone.

“When I am afraid, I will trust in you.”

—Psalm 56:3