His Young Friends #4

By Dale Weatherford

HIS YOUNG FRIENDS #4 is the fourth in a series of seven chapter books for juvenile readers. This book tells the stories of Judith, Joel, Laila, and Reuben, who might have known Jesus while he lived on earth in the first century. The characters are fiction, but each chapter contains quotes from the Bible with references. This book is fun to read with lots of colorful pictures. HIS YOUNG FRIENDS teaches that Jesus came to show God’s love to everyone!

• Language: English
• Publisher: David Weatherford
• Release date: May 6, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005560782

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His Young Friends #4

By Dale Weatherford

Copyright © 2021 by Dale Weatherford All rights reserved

All Scripture is taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.

Second edition.

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HIS YOUNG FRIENDS

A SERIES OF 7 BOOKS

BY DALE WEATHERFORD

Each book tells the story of children who might have known Jesus while he lived on earth.

Together the 7 books give an overview of the life of Jesus found in the 4 manuscripts that were written in the 1st Century. Quotes from these manuscripts are included in each book.

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HIS YOUNG FRIENDS #4

The Story of Judith

Judith -- Chapter 1

Judith -- Chapter 2

The Story of Joel

Joel -- Chapter 1

Joel -- Chapter 2

Joel -- Chapter 3

Joel -- Chapter 4

The Story of Laila

Laila -- Chapter 1

Laila -- Chapter 2

Laila -- Chapter 3

The Story of Reuben

Reuben -- Chapter 1

Reuben -- Chapter 2

Reuben -- Chapter 3

Reuben -- Chapter 4

Reuben -- Chapter 5

THE STORY OF

JUDITH

Chapter 1

It was true: Judith was a Daddy’s girl. How she wished she was a boy so she could go with him into the woods. He chopped down trees, then used saws to turn the wood into usable lumber. He wasn’t a carpenter. He was a lumberjack. He sold his wood to all the local carpenters. And Judith felt that her abba was the strongest and bravest and best abba in the whole world.

Every night after dinner, Abba would spend time swinging her around. Sometimes she would do backflips by walking up his legs while he held her hands tightly. She always felt safe in his arms. They made up new routines while her mother fussed that she was getting too old for such antics. She was only eight years old, but her mother said she should be behaving more like a lady and less like a monkey.

Judith knew that Abba loved all five of his girls, but she also knew that as the oldest, she was his favorite. She tagged along with him every chance she got.

Tonight would be special. Abba was chopping down trees in a new forest and would be extra hungry. Mother had let Judith make the bread all by herself. She had spent most of the day preparing it: mixing, kneading, and letting it rise. Now it was in the outside oven and would be perfect when Abba arrived for dinner. But her abba didn’t come.

Mother fed the little girls and encouraged Judith to eat, but Judith was old enough to know that something was terribly wrong. Mother said that the wagon had probably broken down and not to worry — but Judith could see that Mother’s face was pale and she was trying not to show how worried she was.

Mother told Judith to watch her sisters so she could run to Uncle Nirel’s house and ask him to check on Abba. It wasn’t far and she was back quickly. She assured the girls that Uncle Nirel