Diane Stortz - The Sweetest Story Bible. Sweet Thoughts and Sweet Words for Little Girls

The Lord your God is with you. He is mighty enough
to save you. He will take great delight in you.
The quietness of his love will calm you down.
He will sing with joy because of you.

Zephaniah 3:17

L ong ago, nothing existed except Godno sky, no earth, no grass, no animals, no people. But God is love, and he had a loving plan. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

On the first day, God said, Let there be light, and light shone all around! God called the light day, and he called the darkness night.

On the second day, God said, Let there be sky. Suddenly brilliant blue sky floated high above the earth!

Let the water gather in one place, God said, and let there be dry ground. Sure enough, the seas formed and the land popped up! Then God told plants and grass and trees to burst from the land, and they did. This was the third day.

Then God spoke again. On the fourth day, he made the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on the fifth day, all fish and birds. On the sixth day, God made all animals. Everything God made was good.

The next part of Gods plan came on the sixth day too. God said, Let us make people in our image, to take care of the earth and rule over it. God created a man and a woman, Adam and Eve. They loved each other, and God loved them both.

Gods sweet story had begun, and it was very good!

G od planted a garden with beautiful trees that gave delicious fruit. Live here in the garden, God told Adam. Take care of it. So Adam lived in the garden with Eve, his wife.

Two special trees grew in the garden, the tree of life and the tree of knowing good and evil. God told Adam, You may eat the fruit of any tree except the tree of knowing good and evil. Dont eat the fruit from that tree.

A sneaky snake, Gods enemy, hissed at Eve one day, Why dont you try the fruit on the tree of knowing good and evil? If you do, you will know everything, just like God.

The fruit on the tree looked yummy, and Eve wanted to be like God. So she ate some. She gave some to Adam, who was with her, and he ate some too.

What a big mistake! Now Adam and Eve knew about evil. They had spoiled Gods perfect world.

Even though you hate the people I made, God told the sneaky snake, my sweet story will not end.

But God sent Adam and Eve out of the garden and guarded the way to the tree of life with a flaming sword.

N oah loved God and always tried to obey him. No one else loved God or obeyed God like Noah did.

Build a big boat, God told Noah. Ill tell you how. Make rooms inside for many animals. Paint tar inside and outside so the boat wont leak. Put a door on one side. Im sending a flood, but I will keep you safe in the big boatyou, your family, and two of every kind of animal!

Noah built the big boat. He stored food on board for his family and the animals. He did everything just as God told him.

Then God said, Its time! Noah and his family went in the boat. So did the animals God sent to Noah, two by two. When everyone was inside, God closed the door.

First a drip, then a drop, then a drip-drop, whoosh!the rain began. For forty days and forty nights, the rain poured down, but inside the boat everyone stayed safe and dry.

Finally the rain stopped. Slowly the water dried up. God told Noah, Its time to leave the big boat. Noah and his family came out first and then the animals, two by two.