When God Makes Scribbles Beautiful

Sometimes, hard things happen. Sometimes, they happen to children. According to the National Survey of Children’s Health, over 34 million children have experienced one or more types of adverse childhood experiences or potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood.

When God Makes Scribbles Beautiful helps kids trust that God can take even the hardest things and make them beautiful. This picture book imagines that the hard things in a child’s life is a scribble following him everywhere. The child can’t get rid of the scribble, no matter how hard he tries. Over time, he realizes that God is with him even though the scribble is there too. Eventually, God turns the boy’s scribble into something beautiful: like a cloud in the sky or a steppingstone that leads him somewhere amazing.  

Ultimately, When God Makes Scribbles Beautiful gives young readers spiritual encouragement to plant seeds of hope in the face of difficult childhood experiences.  

“He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also put eternity in their hearts, but no one can discover the work God has done from beginning to end.” – Ecclesiastes 3:11

Kate Rietema is a biological and adoptive mother of five girls, ages 5-15, and has been a mom to many others through foster care. Kate loves sharing her story with women at gatherings like MOPS and has enjoyed leadership positions in Bible Study Fellowship International, Moms in Prayer International, and Reach the Forgotten Jail Ministry. She enjoys writing for both kids and adults, and her work has been published with Highlights, Cricket Media, The SchoolMagazine, Clubhouse Jr., Keys for Kids, The Upper Room, and The Secret Place. As a registered nurse, Kate works at her local hospital where she leads a breastfeeding support group. She and her husband own and operate a campground in West Michigan.

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