52 Weeks to Fortify Your Family – Book Review

About the book:

Arm your children against the fiery darts of the adversary. These small and simple daily devotionals will help them make good decisions and strengthen their testimonies. Designed to get your family studying the scriptures, this book includes a new theme for each week and new scriptures, quotes, and questions for each day so you can discuss the gospel together. Quick and easy, this book will help keep your family close to the Spirit.

About the author:

Nicole Carpenter is an advocate for strong families. She believes in focusing first on strengthening mothers so they can fortify their children. Nicole is a mentor, speaker and founder of MOMentity.com, a blog and online community for mothers, reaching out to moms in over 7 different countries. She is the creator of the Define Your Time™ time-management e-course and the Mothers of Magnitude Academy. Nicole’s parenting column publishes regularly on KSL.com and has been syndicated in several other online news sources. Nicole graduated with a B.A. degree in Public Relations from Weber State University, where she also met her husband, Marty. They reside in Syracuse, Utah and are raising four incredible children, including a set of identical twins. And — to make it all happen — she may or may not rely on Diet Dr Pepper and chocolate-covered toffee hidden in the fridge.

My thoughts:

Now that I have a middle schooler and I see my other children getting older, I find it increasingly difficult to carve away time to spiritually strengthen them.  Ironically, as our children age they need more and more spiritual nourishment to see them through the hard times of adolescence.  From swearing, immodesty, bullying, and temptations that come with being a teen, our children now more than ever need us to share with them encouraging thoughts based in spiritual nature.  I have often pondered how I could bring my children closer to Christ and closer together as family.  I will admit there have been times recently where I feel like I am losing my family to school, extracurricular, and friends and this book could not have entered our lives in a more opportune time.  With 5 minutes a day I can bring my family together to fortify and prepare us for whatever life may bring that day.  52 weeks to Fortify Your Family contains everything you need  to spiritually arm your family.  Each day there is a thought and scripture to read for every day of the year.  At the end of every week, there are a few questions to discuss or ponder.  I give this book 5 stars for ease of use and for its ability to bring my family peace.  I truly feel that this is an inspired work that can bring your family closer together and closer to Christ.