NIV Busy Family Bible

My first love of the Busy Bible Series was the Busy Mom's Bible, and then I came to love the Busy New Mom's Bible and now I'm delighted to see they have come out with a Busy Family Bible. (Apparently there is also a Busy Dad's Bible and Busy Life Bible - but I have yet to see those). The entire series is also available as individual eBooks and with this digital world if you own an eReader - now there is no excuse! Some are available as NIV and some NKV which should make it where you get can the version you prefer.

I'm pretty sure that one of the number one answers when you ask people if they have family devotions would be that they wish they could if only there was more time, more hours in the day. Now, while ideally we would all be able to carve out a good portion of time to spend in worship with our household - some days that just doesn't fit in as we wish. Now with this Bible as a great tool instead of skipping and wishing you hadn't fill your time that you do have with inspiration from one minute to ten minutes or more there are verse and devotional starting points that can delve deep into your hearts and bring your family closer to each other and closer to God.

Outside of the box/sleeve it just says Holy Bible on the spine, so only you know it's your special family Bible, but at the same time it can be used any time, because all the scripture is there. It is just that the devotionals added in the same way as the Busy Mom's Bible are directed toward family. I love the way this Bible feels in my hand. The size of this Bible is great to just grab, read and literally go. So many things that I said before I can repeat again with this Bible as well. The font is awesome and one of my favorites, it is very attractive to the eye.

I wouldn't call this one a daily devotion Bible, but a through out the day devotion Bible. This is one to grab and have a minute with the Thought Starters, Word to Take With You Today, Reflect & Pray, and Study features.

Through out the pages there are 52 Thought Starters, so you could make this work as a year long devotion. Suggested verses to memorize make bringing the Bible devotion off the page and into your busy life. The feature element pages are full of whimsical coloring and great fun fonts and all around this is a very pretty Bible. In a New International Version translation with red-letter Christ text this is a fabulous daily inspiration for all mothers.

Other features include a thorough NIV Concordance, that helps take key words and bring the full text to organization when your brain just cannot remember it all. Then there is a great Study Index that shows topically the studies from the various sections, be it 1 minute, 5 minutes, or 10 minutes. There is also a list that contains five minute readings about Jesus to help you along the way and of course several pages of beautifully detailed maps to bring the area to life.

Thanks to Zondervan for providing a copy for review.

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