Grandparents who have a personal relationship with the Creator of the universe have an advantage in their grand parenting. They can call on the Creator to bless their grandchildren and gather wisdom from His Word. Intentional grandparenting does not just happen; we have to make an effort to be actively involved grandparents.

We read in James 1:5, “If you need wisdom—if you want to know what God wants you to do-ask Him, and He will gladly tell you.” There are times I think I should do something with or for my grandchild and I don’t know what that is going to look like so I pray asking God to give me direction and He does give me ideas I wouldn’t have come up with on my own.

Grandchildren need intentionally involved grandparents not passive grandparents sitting in the bleachers watching from a distance.  Stephen & Janet Bly give us a description of active grandparents in their excellent book, The Power of a Godly Grandparent.

Active Grandparents

I would like to add a couple more descriptions to their list.

? Stephen & Janet Bly, The Power of a Godly Grandparent (Kansas City, Mo: Beacon Hill Press, 2003), p 20.

© 2010 Lillian Penner