Whatever is Lovely: A 90-Day Devotional Journal (Faithgirlz) Hardcover – December 6, 2016

I bought this devotional book to use with my 11.5 yo daughter. The concept of the book is great - I love the author's aspiration to teach girls (or anyone) about being careful about what goes through their mind, and the great wisdom that God's Word has on this subject. My daughter enjoys the little anecdotes that are supplied to make it relevant to tween life. Like other reviews noted, it has sort of a punchy, hip approach, and each short lessons is punctuated with takeaway points. I like that there is a section for her to write her own thoughts on what she heard.But it's engagement is rather superficial, and there isn't much depth, nor encouragement to dig a lot deeper. Sometimes platitudes get in the way of the development of an idea, and the "sound-byte" approach leaves me wondering what the lesson is really trying to get across. I've run across sentences that are awkwardly phrased, and others that are theologically questionable, (e.g. the idea that people are able to be "good" on their own, by will power, and the idea that our actions - sinful or obedient - are the deciding factor in our salvation).I'm continuing to use it for now, and doing my own editing as I read it aloud to her, or explaining where there may be issues in the ideas presented here.I just think that such a rich idea could have been better developed for young women.

I just ordered my second copy of this wonderful book. I decided to keep the first one, which I purchased as a gift, for myself. Whatever is a lovely book with easy and thought-provoking daily messages. I highly recommend this book.

This book is perfect for a pre-teen girls. The devotions are 2-3 pages long. I like that they have a section for you to put your thoughts at the end of each one one. The topics they choose to write about are relavent to the age group and will help them grow in their faith.

Purchased as a gift for my 10 yr old granddaughter (reviewed by Mom beforehand). She loves it, reads and journals daily!

This book was a gift for a young girl I know struggling with self positivity and she needed uplifted and shown that God makes no mistakes. So far she loves it ! It's easy to read for her level and something for her to focus on besides the negativity the world puts out there for girls.

My granddaughter started this journal during her Young Life camp staf experience this summer, and she loved it.

Perfect for the youth I was gifting it to. Praying she will read it even if she thinks she's atheist, or agnostic.

My 9 year old LOVES this devotional! She waked up early every day to do it! Great buy!

My niece absolutely loved it!