We have been blessed this week to attend programs for Veterans. I spent
four years in the service of our country and would gladly help today in any way
I can. Join me daily as I pray for military men and women and their families,
those in the field, those returning with wounds of various kinds and those who
care for them and the families who have lost loved ones.
“Give and it shall be
given to you…For by your standard of measure it will be given to you in
return.” (Luke 6:38).
Hey Gang, Have you ever kind of looked down the road and wondered what
your next great plateau will be? As I
have become more mature, (that is a subtle way of saying I am as old as dirt) I
have dug down in my memory banks to some of the milestones that God allowed me
to enjoy. I have noticed that as I have
grown older my thoughts have turned more and more to that day when I will shed
this body and stand before my Lord. Wow,
‘what a day that will be when my Savior I shall see’.
One of those revisited milestones was the day that God laid it on my
heart that I needed to pass my Christian legacy down to my children, grands and
great grands. We do have a tendency to be more concerned to make sure our kids
reap the dividends of the bangles and beads that we have accumulated in our
lifetime; but those things will soon pass away and only those things done for
God will last.
When I wrote the first Gramps Morning Message, my intentions were not
God’s intentions. I thought a month or
two would suffice to share my Christian legacy with my family and a few loved
ones. But I had also learned in the
development of the Village that my intentions were seldom God’s intentions.
It has been my prayer, since message number one went out, that the morning
messages would be an encouragement and build a little fire in the hearts of the
readers as they get ready to face the battle of the day. I would also suggest
that I am the one who gains the most from the morning messages; I am the one
who does the research in the Word and many sources that come across my desk as
I seek help and guidance from Abba Father.
I have always tried to remain outside of the repetition loop because I
know folks tend to tire of the “same old thing” and I seek new venues to perk readers’
appetites. I have a confession to make,
I have wondered, on many occasions, if it is time for me to retire Gramps and
seek other venues of service to my Lord, but each time I begin to consider
ending the morning messages, it seems God says “not just yet!”
When a good friend and Christian brother suggested that I should consider
developing a blog for the messages, I did not have a clue what a ‘blog’
was. When he offered to set it up and
help with the maintenance and adding the graphics to the ‘blog’, I readily
agreed. I have learned that the real
value of the ‘blog’ is the encouragement received because I know there are
people reading.
We have gone through some very tough times recently in our family and
there have been times when writing the morning messages has been very difficult,
but how faithful God has been to send very special warriors across my path to
remind me that He is still speaking to those through the morning messages.
That is my challenge to you this morning – you will cross paths with
someone who needs a touch from the Lord – you can be that toucher. Jesus said “Be
obedient and “go” and let the rest up to Me.” (Hillbilly rendition)
Blessings,
Gramps
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