Shortgrass
Well-known member
I can remember as a little boy how I used to love to hear my maternal grandmother talk of the "olden days". She had been a 16 year old bride that came west to a Colorado that was not yet fenced. She told of a time when the trip to Colorado Springs, that takes me as little as a half a day, would require 3 days. A team of mules and a spring wagon would take a day to reach Jimmy Camp Creek, a few miles east of town. The second day they would go in for supplies, returning to Jimmy Camp by nightfall. The third day they would return home. Her stories of hardship and problems often ended with the phrase "We never would have made it had it not been for the Lord". I began to see then, that trusting God in the every day business of living was a way of life, not just a Sunday activity. This phrase of hers is nothing she invented. David states in Psalms 124:2-4 "If it had not been for the Lord….the waters would have overwhelmed us." As parents and grandparents, we should think of the impact of such a phrase when we tell our children and grandchildren of an event that happened in our life. Many of these youngsters never knew life before a cell phone. Ten years ago were the "olden days" for them. When you tell of being bucked off or stranded, just add "of course that was before we had cell phones, and we just trusted the Lord every where we went, and He was always there." That will encourage your grandchildren to trust the Lord wherever they go in life. I have heard it said that Noah preached for over a hundred years without a single convert. That is not quite true, because his family was saved with him. Using a simple phrase such as, "If it had not been for the Lord," on an occasional basis will probably do more than a hundred sermons by the pastor to encourage your family to trust God. We need to witness at home before we even think of reaching the world. Have yourselves a good Sunday Mornin' and a good rest of the week.
