Readers, you are in for a treat today. I have to say, I’ve never had a cricket on the blog before. 🙂 Enjoy this fun post from author Janet Christensen. 

 

 

Krissy, thanks so much for letting me join you today to tell you a little bit more about my new Christian children’s book, Cairo’s Christmas Journey.  I hope you don’t mind, but I have brought the main character of the book along to help tell you about his story.  Everybody, I would like to introduce you to my friend, Cairo the Cricket.

Cairo: Hello, everybody!

Janet:  Cairo, can you start out by telling us a little bit about yourself?

Cairo: Well, I am a cricket and I love to play music.  In fact, I have a very important job.

Janet:  And what job is that?

Cairo: I am a minstrel for sheep.

Janet:  A minstrel for sheep?  So, your job is to play music?  For sheep?

Cairo:  It is.  The shepherds say that I play the very best lullabies.

Janet:  Oh, I see.  Is that what your story is about?

Cairo:  Sort of.  It is about one night, in particular, that I was playing music for my sheep friends.  It was the night that the new Messiah was born.

Janet:  Could you tell us what happened?

Cairo:  Well, I was playing music for the sheep, just like I do every night, when an amazing light shone in the sky and a bunch of angels appeared to us.

Janet:  Oh, my!  That must have been quite an experience!

Cairo:  It was!  But the real experience came when one of the angels asked me to do an impossible job.

Janet:  Impossible, huh?  What job was that?

Cairo:  The angel asked me to go to Bethlehem to play a lullaby for the Messiah.

Janet:  Oh, that doesn’t seem so impossible.

Cairo:  Maybe not for you.  But look at my teeny, tiny legs.  Now, I am a good hopper.  I even won awards in the long jump when I was a young cricket.  But Bethlehem was far away from our pasture.

Janet:  Oh, I see.  So, what did you do?

Cairo:  Well, the angel told me that God would help me get there.

Janet:  Well, did he?

Cairo:  He did indeed! Talk about an adventure!  Have you ever found yourself in a tight spot?

Janet:  I have.  Is that what happened to you?

Cairo:  It sure was.  I didn’t think I would ever make it to Bethlehem. It seemed like I was always running into a new predicament.  But do you know what?  God sent me helpers all along the way, just as the angel said.  Boy, did I learn a valuable lesson that night.

Janet:  And what was that, Cairo?

Cairo:  I learned that if God asks you to do something, He will make a way for you to complete it.  Just like he did for me that Christmas so many years ago, God will help us to do what he asks us to do.

Janet:  Wow!  That sounds like a great lesson.  And did the Messiah like the music you played for him?

Cairo:  Did he ever!  After only a couple of bars, he was sleeping like…well…a baby!

Janet:  Oh, Cairo!  You are so silly.  Well, thank you for telling us about your story.  I bet everybody is excited to read your book and see the whole adventure unfolds.

Cairo:  It was my pleasure.

Krissy, thanks again for allowing us to visit you and your readers today.  Cairo’s Christmas Journey releases on October 27 from Little Lamb Books and will be available at many of your favorite booksellers.  You can check out all of the latest on this book on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/janetlchristensen or at janetlchristensen.com.

 

Janet L Christensen is an award-winning writer, speaker and encourager that loves to captivate audiences with inspiring stories.  She is a pastor’s wife, a children’s and women’s ministry leader and the proud mother of two teenage sons and a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel named Sully.