Shine

“God puts the sun in the sky to shine. God put a light in me too. When I show his love to the world, I SHINE!” You make choices every day. This book can help you learn how to make God smile.

Shine brings the fruit of the Spirit to daily life, and helps kids build the confidence they need to make choices that form Christian character.

Shine, Choices to Make God Smile

Children/Stories/Primary

Monchamp  Kaminski

www.JClubCatholic.org

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Pauline Books & Media

$10.95

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Monchamp, Genny.

Shine : choices to make God smile / written by Genny Monchamp ; illustrated

by Karol Kaminski. p. cm.

ISBN 0-8198-7149-4 1. Conduct of life—Juvenile literature. 2. Children—Religious life—Juvenile literature. I. Kaminski, Karol. II. Title.

BJ1581.2.M585 2011 248.8’2—dc22 2011011136 The Scripture quotations contained herein are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

ISBN 0-8198-7149-4 Illustrated by Karol Kaminski Design by Mary Joseph Peterson, FSP All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

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Copyright © 2011 Genny Monchamp Published by Pauline Books & Media, 50 Saint Pauls Avenue, Boston, MA 02130-3491 Printed in U.S.A. SCGS VSAUSAPEOILL6-1J11-03527 7149-4 www.pauline.org Pauline Books & Media is the publishing house of the Daughters of St. Paul, an international congregation of women religious serving the Church with the communications media.

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The fruit of the Holy Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. cf. Galatians 5:22–23

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Every morning God puts the sun in the sky to shine.

God put a light in me too.

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When I show his love to the world, I SHINE!

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My sister needs help with her chores.

Should I help her even if I don’t like to dust?

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YES!

God wants me to love others and do nice things.

When I love others, God smiles and I SHINE!

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Josie won the race again.

Should I be grumpy because I didn’t win?

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NO! God wants me to have joy even when I don’t win.

When I show joy to others, God smiles and I SHINE!

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