Crafts, Snacks, and Jesus: 120 Encouragements for Those Serving in the Uncelebrated, Joyous, Destiny-Shaping Work of Children's Ministry

Nobody celebrates the change of a diaper. Nobody gives awards for the fifteenth transition of the day, or the child who finally said a peer's name, or the February week when you showed up anyway. But God sees it. All of it. If you work with infants, toddlers, preschoolers, or kindergartners, you already know that this work costs something. The exhaustion is real. The invisibility is real. And the question that surfaces in the hard months is, does any of this matter? - deserves a real answer. Crafts, Snacks, and Jesus is a 120-day devotional written specifically for early childhood educators. Each day offers a scripture, a brief meditation rooted in the specific realities of your room, and a closing prayer spoken on your behalf. The days are numbered, not dated - begin wherever your year has placed you. This book does not ask you to feel inspired. It asks only that you bring the truth of today's room into the presence of the One who has never taken His eyes off it. What you do is holy. These pages will remind you why.