Review and Herald Publishing
Teen Devotional for 2003

So you want it all, do you? Well, you've come to the right place--a one-stop shop of lessongs on how to get life's most important blessings. I should clarify that, though. You don't get God's gifts, you receive them. And I hope this book will tell you just how to do that in several ways:

Obscure Bible Stories:

You've heard the awesome accounts of Moses, Gideon, and David from the time you were a little tyke, but have you heard about the crippled Mephibosheth, the Levite's concubine, or the timid Zipporah? These stories let the unsung heroes of the Bible have their moment at the microphone. Let's hear a little from one of them:

"I felt goosebumps on my skin, chilled and damp under the linen sheet I was wearing. It was my only garment, and the only thing between me and the ravaging beasts. Could I stick close to the friend who stuck closer than a brother? I looked at His face, all holy and childlike. He was all alone. I felt the pull of fidelity, of faith. I wanted to be there for Him, but just at the moment my mind was reaching a point of decision, I caught the face of one of the thugs in the mob. Animal, not human, wanting a feast of innocent blood befre he slept. Then a shout came, and the thug, along with several others in the crowd, lunged at me." "The Young Man with the Linen Sheet," page 103

News and Views:

Here and there, I do the journalism thing--you know, taking some news item and drawing a spiritual lesson from it. What can we learn from cross-dressing athletes?

"Polish contestant Stella Walsh competed in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics and won the 100-meter dash. Stella rode on the waves of glory and fame until 48 years later when an autopsy revealed that Stell Walsh was a. . ." "Stella Goes for the Gold," page 115

Quirky Parables:

When I ran out of stories to tell, I made some up.

"'What really turns my stomach, though, is the warts!' said the older through slimy lips. At that moment he wrinkled his nose, and his own large, gray-green wart twitched like a bug on a bedpost.
'Oh, Yeah!' said the young goblin. 'Warts really turn me off!' He waved his wart-encrusted hand with an air of superiority as if to shoo away a fly. Neither seemed aware of his own warts. In fact, at the moment these warts were mentioned as being on a goblin not present, the conversing goblins became blind to those very blemishes upon themselves." "The Gossip of the Goblins," page 65

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