Plants Grown Up – Projects for Sons on the Road to Manhood

“May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown…” Psalms 144:12

Interesting concept, no?  In their youth…like plants full grown?  Not thirty is the new twenty, but sixteen is the new thirty-five?  Unthinkable!  That sons at eighteen might actually act like men?  That sons at thirteen might actually be drawn out into responsibility and spiritual leadership?  That sons might at fifteen be responsible and pure and helpful?  Contributing even to their families well-being?

No…

Impossible, right?

According to Pam Forster, mother of three sons and author of Plants Grown Up, “our sons can be as ‘plants grown up’ in their youth. This means that in their teens their lives can be bearing fruit!  Gone is the myth that the teen years must be years of turmoil and rebellion! They can be years of harvest, years when a mature plant begins to bear fruit for its Master!”

The purpose of Plants Grown Up is to “provide specific projects that will encourage the growth of deep godly character in our sons.”  And we couldn’t be more excited about the opportunity we’ve been given to get this book in your hands!

Confession:  I am not a crafty person.  The posts on the M.O.B. Society where there’s crafting and scavenger hunting and projecting???  Yea…Erin does those.  She’s the amazing craft-master.  Not me.  Not ever.  Just not in me.  That’s why the very fact that I’m the one writing this post should get your attention.  Plants Grown Up is filled with specific projects based on godly character qualities broken up into applications appropriate for any age boy.  And I absolutely love it!  It’s with my whole-hearted approval that I recommend this wonderful resource to you.  Plants Grown Up deals with such character traits as:

• Leadership
• Honesty
• Courage
• Bible skills
• Scriptural manhood
• Teaching skills
• Self-control
• Faithfulness
• Perseverance
• Godliness
• Brotherly kindness (Oh praise the LORD!)
• Charity
• And much more!

You must buy this book.  Why?  Because starting in September we’ll be hosting a monthly link-up for Plants Grown Up!  That’s right! Right here on the M.O.B. Society…an opportunity for you to share on your blog or in the comments how God is using this awesome book in the lives of your boys.

It gets even better!  The Forsters have graciously allowed us to offer YOU, our M.O.B. Society readers, a $6 discount on the purchase of Plants Grown Up!  Just enter in the word “MOB” at checkout to receive your discount!  How easy is that?

We’re so excited for you to get your own copy in your hands!  You will not regret investing in this book friends. Even if you don’t/can’t participate in the link-up each month, Plants Grown Up will be a valuable asset to your boy-raising library! (But we hope you WILL join us…here’s how!)

To join us for the Plants Grown Up link-up each week, simply:

1. Buy your own copy of the book (of course!)  Don’t forget to claim your $6 discount by typing in “MOB” at checkout!
2. Add the picture to your blog side-bar and title it “Link-up at the M.O.B. Society!”  Use this page as your URL for the picture please.
3. Watch for us to announce the date of the first link-up sometime in early September…ahem…there might be a giveaway of the book that day too! (But seriously…don’t wait to get your own copy…if you win give it to someone else trying to raise godly men.)
4. Write a post on the day of the link-up and then come on over that day!  Link-up your Plants Grown Up post and then sit back with some coffee (or hot beverage of your choice) and read what God is doing in other boy-raising families like yours.

Go grab your copy of Plants Grown Up now!  Click here to order and claim your $6 discount at checkout!

What other resource out there has ALL of this is one book?  Really?  It’s just too good…too perfect for moms who hope to raise godly sons, to pass up.