Love Notes In Lunchboxes: And Other Ideas To Color Your Child's Day

All four Gospels relate Jesus' feeding five thousand people with just five loaves and two fish. Only John tells us where He got them, from a little boy's lunchbox. But who packed those loaves and fish? Who did God use to give that child just what Jesus would need to perform one of His best-known miracles? Where was the mama that packed the lunchbox? Packing a lunchbox each morning may not be glamorous, but mothers are in a position to make an extraordinary difference in their children's lives through that one simple act. This collection of warm anecdotes and Scriptures offers mothers creative ideas for planting encouragement in their children's lives. Also included are ideas for packing a unique lunchbox, and beyond that, a focus on building self-esteem and character to lay the groundwork for the miracle of salvation.

Linda Gilden is the author of Love Notes in Lunchboxes: And Other Ideas to Color Your Child's Day. She has written more than 300 articles for magazines such as HomeLife and Focus on the Family and has served as a contributing editor for FamilyLife magazine. She is currently managing editor for The Encourager, a magazine published by her church, and contributing editor to Prime Years magazine. She is also an adjunct college professor. Linda Gilden and her husband, John, have three grown children and make their home in Spartanburg, South Carolina.