I am not quite "young" anymore, but I do have a daughter and plenty of nieces that would all love to have a devotional like this. Beloved: 365 Devotions for Young Women by Zondervan is so beautiful...
This book has 365 days of devotionals. It is not labeled by date, which I find VERY pleasant. You can start on day 1 no matter what the current date is.
Each page also has several lines for journaling your thoughts for that particular day.
It is a smaller size, hard back book with beautiful colors. The pink literally shines on the front cover. It is a perfect size to take with you , so you could use it anywhere you go.
I would say this book is good for girls about 10 and up. Possibly even younger. I personally found some of the daily devotionals very helpful to me as well. It would be especially great to do together with your daughter each day as a mother - daughter devotional, that way you could discuss the devotional each day and how it applies to your daughters life.
My niece and I were reading over day nine together and discussing this devotional. I love that it is teaching her that she is not defined by her mistakes. And we both laughed a little at the "girl who started the whole sin thing" part. At least we are NOT that, right?!
Unfortunately, in this day and age, our girls face a lot of things that we wish they didn't. Sexual abuse is one of them. This devotional hits on topics like these. These pages talk about what Tamar went through and how she must have felt. It helps our girls to understand they are still worthy and pure, and that if they have been abused, it speaks nothing of them, only their abuser. It also talk about healing and how to help others who may have been abused.
This days devotional applies to so many of us, despite our age. Have you ever felt unworthy of Jesus. Have you ever felt like you are good enough to go to church because you aren't living right, or have made too many mistakes? I know I have, and I am not a young woman.
Beloved: 365 Devotions for Young Women is a great devotional to help our young ladies through the trials of every day life. It literally only takes minutes of their day, and if they get in the habit of using a devotional now, maybe they will keep the habit up.
If they love this devotional as much as I think they will, there is another devotional by Zondervan called Adored: 365 Devotions for Young Women that I bet they will enjoy just as much.
Beloved is centered around positive role models with scripture and devotions about biblical women. Adored is centered around tough topics girls face such as bullying, dating, friendships and social media.
Both devotions offer real life applications that will help our young women get through the stresses of their daily lives.
I think these are beautiful, practical and short enough that a young lady would actually use it and get tons of useful information from and bring them closer to God.
This would would make a great Christmas gift! You can find them Beloved here for $15.99 and Adored here for $14.99.
