BBD 04.19.05 HELLLLLLLLLLLLO Grandma!
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04.19.05
HELLLLLLLLLLLLO Grandma!
Today's devotional was written by Dr. Walker Moore who is president of
AweStar Ministries in Tulsa, P. O. Box 470265, Tulsa 74147. You may contact
Walker at walker@awestar.org or 800.293.7827. Visit their website at
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I know that when I come to you, I will come in the full measure of the
blessing of Christ. - Romans 15:29.
Reflection: My mother in law has cancer and has only a few remaining days
left in this world. My wife got a telephone call this week to come and be
with her as her health was declining rapidly. I begin thinking about what
life will be like with no more going to grandmas? Things that we have done
for twenty-five years will soon be no more. No longer will the children,
grandchildren, and great grandchildren be gathered each holiday at her house
for her famous homemade cooking. As I reflect on these things I regret that
as an adult we didn't spend more time with our parents. Sometime we get so
caught up in this busy world and with our own children and jobs that we
forget that we are still our parent's children. No matter how old we are we
have a responsibility to our parents. Just as our relationship to our
children change through the years so does our relationship with our parents.
Cathy and I have always lived long distances from our parents. We weren't
married but five months and was called to serve a church seven hundred miles
away. Our children never got to spend an extended time with their
grandparents. When the doctors discovered that my mother in law had cancer
our oldest son Jeremiah decided that he would move in and help her and
attend the local college. We didn't know how this was going to work. At
first she complained about his hours of studying all-night (at least that
what he said he was doing) and sleeping all day but it wasn't too long they
were in a routine. Every time he came into the house he would stand in the
doorway and let out a loud "Hellllllllllllooooo Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrandma!"
Whereever she was in the house she would yelled back "Helllllllllllooo
Jeremy!" When he was gone for a couple of days she called and complained
about how quiet the house was.
I was visiting her in the hospital and she could hardly move. Suddenly a
voice comes booming through the hospital room. "Hellllo Grandma!" Her eyes
opened and she raised herself upon one elbow with a twinkle in her eye and
yelled "Hellllo Jeremy!" Then they got into the habit of watching "Wheel of
Fortune" together. Each night she would sit in her chair and they would have
a contest who could guess the answer the quickest! Now she mostly sleeps and
there is no more "Helllo Jeremy." But in these last six months they have
gotten to know each and been blessed by it. But isn't that what we should be
to each other. a blessing. It's never too late.
Insight: Relationships should equal blessing-ships.
Prayer: Dear Father, Make my life a blessing to others. I pray when I walk
into the room my children would be glad to see me. Help me to raise children
that will be a blessing to others. And in my old age I will have children
that will want to bless me. Amen.
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