Meet Margo Holmes

Margo and her husband, Bill, reside in Lake Placid, Florida, the Caladium Capital of the World, where Bill has farmed caladium bulbs for many years. They have six children and fifteen grandchildren. Since the beginning of their marriage, Margo and Bill have partnered as servants of God. For many years they pastored a church and ministered at assisted living facilities. Margo now speaks, by invitation, at churches, conferences and retreats. Margo is passionate about the game of tennis, but Margo is even more passionate about sharing God’s great love to all the world.

THE PURPOSE OF THE “GOD’S GREAT LOVE” SERIES

When I was about seven years old someone asked my parents if they could take me to a vacation Bible school.  Since I wasn’t part of a “church going family,” I knew nothing about God or the Bible.  They consented.  That week each child was given a scripture to memorize and to recite during the graduation program.  I was assigned the scripture John 3:16:

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

Not good at memorizing, I was terrified that when I was called on, I would forget the words.  At the end of the week, as my little class was making its way to the sanctuary where we were to perform, I remember walking down the stairs, repeating to myself the words of the scripture over and over.  Then suddenly, unexpectedly, an amazing thing happened.  I saw Jesus on the cross and as I did, the words of the scripture pierced my heart and I grasped, truly grasped, that God did love me and that His Son Jesus did die for me.  It would be many years before I was able to attend church on a regular basis, yet the words of John 3:16, the concept of God’s love, and the feeling that I belonged to Jesus were forever settled deep inside my heart.

As much as that helped me, what a difference could have been made in my life if I had known more. Inside my heart now is the desire that every child not only knows and understands God’s Great Love for them, but more, so much more!  Through this series of books, I want to introduce children to some of the basic truths found in scripture.  I want to do it in such a real way that it penetrates their hearts, their minds and their spirits.  I want to see children prepared and equipped through knowing God and His Word to not only be able to cope with the challenges they face every day, but to be victorious through them all! 

Wonderful character-building, faith-building stories abound in the Bible. Margo selects some of the most inspiring people and events to teach your children how to walk with God and be salt and light in this world.