Dear Husband’s parents are in their early nineties. For the fifty years that I have known them, they have been an example to me. They have always been givers. Not just giving their money, but also their time and skills to their church and to anyone in need. Lately their bodies are tired and they…
Author: Grandma Grace
Givers Get
I’ve been thinking about the counter-intuitive principles of God. “Give and you will receive.” ? But I want, why would I give away? If I don’t hang onto my time and my stuff won’t I have less for myself? Yet we have all experienced the satisfying results of genuine generosity- the times we did give…
Comfort in Uncertainty
We all want to hear that things are going to be alright. We’re riveted by stories coming out of Ukraine as we watch the David and Goliath battle. The dark threat of world war shadows the horizon as world powers take sides. Shuddering at the impact this could have, we just want our own…
Grumbling or Gratitude Extreme
This was written a few days ago by a 21 year-old who we have loved since her childhood. “𝕆𝕟𝕖 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤. Bed-bound. One year ago yesterday I walked into the gym at 8:16 pm and immediately felt my legs collapse after being there for only 3 minutes.“ How do we stop complaining when…
Grumbling or Gratitude?
I had just gotten into the ‘groove’ of a PhotoShop project and was deep in concentration enjoying the challenge. Time rolled by unnoticed while I was in my happy zone. Uh, oh. Drat! Don’t tell me it’s supper time already! Can I steal a few more minutes? Why do we have to eat three times…
The Little Ones
“I felt sad when I found my grandmother on the floor, dead.” shared a nine-year-old in response to the question of when the class had felt sad. The student-teacher had asked when the characters in the story felt sad. After some responses, she asked if any of the children have felt sad. I was…