Happy Birthday Grandma T!
My grandmother died twelve years ago, today is her birthday. Grandma T was a woman before her time. She was born in 1906. As a young woman, she loved sports and dancing (which was strictly forbidden at the time by the Methodist church). She and grandpa raised five children and had many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Yet when I sat with her, she never seemed hurried or too busy to talk.
She loved her family and God. She spent more time at church then any other place besides home. When holidays or birthdays came around, Grandma T made sure everyone was invited and included in the celebrations which always included dessert. She loved her sweets! I made a lemon cake with pink lemonade frosting today. I only wish grandma was here to enjoy it.
Grandma played the piano, taught lessons and even tried to teach me, but I wouldn't practice:( She loved to sew, even tried to teach me, but I didn't have the patience for tearing out seams and redoing things. She loved to read, but I was a slow reader, so I didn't do much of that with her either. What I did do with grandma is talk and talking is something I have perfected:) She, on the other hand, listened with unconditional love which was just what a wayward teen like me needed.
Thanks Grandma for being willing to stop and listen even when I know you must have been busy. Thanks Grandma for not telling me how wrong I was, messed up I was or even ways to do things differently. Thanks for knowing God and praying for me, that's what got me through to adulthood. I pray today you are sitting in the presence of God, the greatest gift of all! Amen.
2 Corinthians 4:13 It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.” With that same spirit of faith we also believe and therefore speak, 14 because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in his presence. 15 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.
16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
She loved her family and God. She spent more time at church then any other place besides home. When holidays or birthdays came around, Grandma T made sure everyone was invited and included in the celebrations which always included dessert. She loved her sweets! I made a lemon cake with pink lemonade frosting today. I only wish grandma was here to enjoy it.
Grandma played the piano, taught lessons and even tried to teach me, but I wouldn't practice:( She loved to sew, even tried to teach me, but I didn't have the patience for tearing out seams and redoing things. She loved to read, but I was a slow reader, so I didn't do much of that with her either. What I did do with grandma is talk and talking is something I have perfected:) She, on the other hand, listened with unconditional love which was just what a wayward teen like me needed.
Thanks Grandma for being willing to stop and listen even when I know you must have been busy. Thanks Grandma for not telling me how wrong I was, messed up I was or even ways to do things differently. Thanks for knowing God and praying for me, that's what got me through to adulthood. I pray today you are sitting in the presence of God, the greatest gift of all! Amen.
2 Corinthians 4:13 It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.” With that same spirit of faith we also believe and therefore speak, 14 because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in his presence. 15 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.
16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
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