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Dad's Lessons from the Sandlot

Dad's Lessons from the Sandlot was written in 2006, two years before Billy Crain passed away suddenly on June 3, 2008. He never got the book published, but our family felt inpired and led by God to find a publisher and get the book in printed from. The book uses the transparency of Billy's baseball stories to expose God's hand in the details of our lives. The ultimate journey leads us to see God is in our stories and to train us to recognize it is really HIS STORY in our humanity. To order your copy today contact jennifercrain@sbcglobal.net.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Blessings

I think the Lord is prompting me to start getting Billy's Blessings together to put in a book. I really need your prayers. I have spent most of this rainy, Saturday reading the almost 150 blessings that he sent us every Monday morning. Certainly, I have cried a lot, but I have also felt encouraged by Billy and the Lord about how much we are loved. I want others to have some of these words spoken into their lives. It was amazing the thought and preparation that he put into these blessings. To help you understand the importance of blessing, you need to read how Jesus blessed the little children.Mark 10:15-16. He took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them. We want to take them (our loved ones) in our arms, make them laugh and give them something. What is the most important thing that we can give them (ourselves or others)? It is words of blessing.The word blessing can mean the endowment of the power of God's goodness and favor,usually through the spoken word and often with the accompanying act of the laying on of hands.It can also means words of honor and appreciation. Billy's words still have power in the lives of our children and grandchildren and most definitely me. I think they would for others. Let me know what you think.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

yes, I agree. I think someday I would also like to consolidate all of the encouraging words he wrote to myself specifically that I could read as a balm. If God is giving you a strategy for presenting the blessings in a form that could easily be downloaded into our hearts, I think it would indeed be a blessing.

Maureen said...

Jennifer,
I think many people today are hungry for words of blessing. Your prompt to
put Billy's blessings in a book may plant many seeds of hope and love in longing hearts.
I loved seeing your blog...beautiful.

Max Thunderbolt said...

Hey, Jennifer, don't forget it's Nicky's birthday tomorrow. You gotta cover for me.
Why don't you edit a few of Leon's blessings to use on this blog for few days or every now and then, when you draw a blank, to see how they look and sound in public.

Unknown said...

Jennifer, it would be awesome if you would put together Billy's blessings in a book. I've read many of them and even had one posted in my notes that I go back and read. He left a wonderful legacy in His writings.

Love you,
Lucy