As we are in the autumn season, I was reminded of my childhood, growing up on a wheat farm in Oklahoma. In the summer after the wheat harvest, my father would prepare the soil for the next year’s harvest and in the autumn, he would sow the wheat seed. Throughout the winter months, we would wait...
Many grandparents take a comment attitributed to Jesus by Paul that “it is better to give than to receive” quite literally when it comes to buying gifts for the grandkids. I’m sure there are a lot of grandchildren in this country who can’t wait for Christmas because they...
Have you thought about praying for the many adults who influence your grandchildren? Are the adults involved in your grandchildren’s lives good role models? Adults who have influence on them may be their other grandparents, teachers, principal, coaches, carpool or bus drivers, Sunday school...
For unto us a child is born, to us a son is given… (Isa. 9:6) If you or I were aliens (just indulge me on this) arriving on earth for the first time during the Christmas season, what would we learn about this earth holiday called Christmas from the songs played on the radio or television...
“The righteous man is cautious in friendship,For the way of the wicked leads them astray”(Proverbs 12:26). The friends of our grandchildren can have a great impact on their lives especially when they get to school and in their teenage years. Their peers and education influence their lives more...
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.Proverbs 22.6 GrandPause: All our activity is sowing; and so is our inactivity. -John Blanchard What would you think of a football coach sitting down with his players at the beginning of the season and saying,...
Today is Grandparent’s Day of Prayer I hope you had the opportunity to pray with other grandparents for each other’s grandchildren. It is always a blessing when we can share our joys and our burdens with other believers. We are living in challenging times in our world; some are calling it a...
I was in my forties when I got my first cell phone. It was a flip phone and I thought it was cool. It reminded me of the communicators Captain Kirk and Commander Spock carried with them in the Star Trek series. My phone really didn’t get much use, though, because we lived in the mountains of...
As our grandchildren are back to school, I want to encourage you to make praying for them a priority. The beginning of the school year can be a stressful experience for children from preschool thru college. New teachers and faculty, new classmates, and unfamiliarity in a new school setting can...
I have only met one grandparent who told me he had no desire to stay connected with his grandchildren. With that attitude, I suspect his grandchildren felt the same about him. Fortunately, most grandparents really do want to connect with their grandchildren. They want to do it often and they want...
“A patient man has great understanding,But a quick-tempered man displays folly.” Proverbs 14:29 Father, please give my grandchild the ability to control her impatience. Allow him/her to understand that You are sovereign in all situations and that You direct his/her comings and...
When you held your first grandchild in your arms, what dreams and aspirations did you have for that child? Like most parents, grandparents often dream grand plans of what this child could become. Will he or she be a great athlete? Will he be President one day? Will she be a doctor, a lawyer, a...
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