Grandmother Advice
A down trodden spirit can pull another down quickly with it! The grumpies are contagious and there is a lot of grumpiness in the world. Our grands and other summer guests start arriving this week! Let the joys of lake life begin. I told my Bible study buddies yesterday that I wish I had a screen in my kitchen that would continually play upbeat, make you want to dance, praise song videos to set the tone in the house!
The other option would be to have an hourly alarm set where you have to whistle. My husband claims it's impossible to be in a bad mood when you are whistling.
Ruth Graham's granddaughter wrote a reflection of what her grandmother would start singing to the grandchildren when they would get in a whiny mood or were just feeling sorry for themselves.
Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen.
Nobody knows but Jesus.
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"It’s been said that discouragement is the devil’s calling card. He loves to use discouragement to divide relationships, halt effective work, and deflate us to the point that we can hardly function. We have to watch out, knowing the enemy is ultimately behind whatever is discouraging us or our loved ones." To read more from Ruth's granddaughter, Rachel-Ruth check out this site. My husband and I seem to be reiterating to one another the realization that we have gotten old! Our minds tend to forget. We hosted a new members inquiry class at church Sunday and as I was typing in the individuals' information into the computer I said, "Oh, my! I thought that one lady was my age. She's ten years younger. And the women at the end of the table's birthday year was 1975. He replied, "I could be her father!" By July we will have 13 grandchildren. The oldest is 14, which means we've been doing this parenting gig a long time and there is validation to the advice we give! The Song "Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen"-Louis Armstrong
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