{"id":1560,"date":"2017-10-18T09:29:13","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T14:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=1560"},"modified":"2017-10-18T11:21:31","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T16:21:31","slug":"let-me-tell-you-about-my-grandchildren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/18\/let-me-tell-you-about-my-grandchildren\/","title":{"rendered":"Let Me Tell You about My Grandchildren"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/strong>When I was twenty I had my first son. I didn\u2019t think anything or anyone could hold my heart like holding him and rocking him; feeding him and watching him grow. I would show him off to anyone who would listen. I took pictures of him and put them in photo albums. In the seventies there wasn\u2019t any such thing as digital, I was a proud mama. When he spoke his first word, ma-ma<\/em>, I thought I would go to the moon with excitement. He\u2019d laugh and talk. I had no idea what he was saying, but that didn\u2019t matter\u2026this little person had come into my life and my heart was full of joy and new adventure. You know that feeling you get when you\u2019re on a rollercoaster and it is slowly climbing up the track\u2026you get to the very top, and it just, tips, over, the top, and SWOOSH<\/em>\u2026.you’re traveling at rocket speed, down and around, and over, and under\u2026and your stomach does a gazillion flip-flops but you love it (I know some of you are not a fan but when I was young I loved it.) You\u2019re so scared, but it\u2019s an exhilarating scared\u2026that\u2019s how I felt watching each new discovery my son made\u2026Being a new mom, I wasn\u2019t sure what to do, or how to tend to him, but each day would come and go and I\u2019d learn new ways of being a mother. And so it was with each of my four sons.<\/h6>\n
And until I met my grandchildren, I thought nothing could top being a mom\u2026until I was a grand-mom<\/em>!!! What a wonderful name to call it, \u201cGRAND-MOM!\u201d It is more thrilling than a rollercoaster, more thrilling than one of those scary Haunted Houses<\/strong> they have now days\u2026I wouldn\u2019t really know about that because I would never, ever, go into one, like the rollercoaster for some, I am not a fan lol\u2026 they are just\u2026too scary\u2026but I can imagine how thrilling it could be. It\u2019s kind of like raising kids\u2026pretty scary\u2026but the love and joy you get to give and receive from them\u2026 well, there is no way to describe it\u2026if you\u2019re a grandparent you know exactly what I\u2019m talking about.<\/h6>\n
I never thought anything could top being a mom, or a grand-ma, until I began to ask for more of the Holy Spirit<\/em>\u2026When I was a little girl about six, I gave my heart to Jesus. I knew what I experienced was real even though I didn\u2019t understand the Bible, or what grown-ups said about it. Most of the time they made things very complicated. Even now sometimes I don\u2019t understand what \u201cthey\u201d are talking about. No one understands everything about everything\u2026Except the Holy Spirit<\/em>. Now don\u2019t shut me out. Listen for just a few more paragraphs. LOL! Remember that grand baby feeling I was talking about\u2026?<\/h6>\n
The Holy Spirit<\/em> is sort of like that only so much more. He. Yes, I said, He, is a person. Just like God the Father and Jesus the Son. The Holy Spirit<\/em> has His own personality, character and he has a soul, same as God and Jesus. Read Matthew 12:18, Matthew 26:38, and Hebrews 10:38.<\/em> These Scriptures talk about each one having a soul.<\/h6>\n
Anyway what I wanted to say to you today is that there is absolutely nothing more thrilling than when you actually hear<\/em> the Holy Spirit speak to you for the first time. He\u2019s been talking to you all your life, but you didn\u2019t hear or recognize Him\u2026And once you begin hearing and He confirms it to you. You don\u2019t want it to ever end. Hearing Him speak is the most powerful thing you will ever experience in your life. No He doesn\u2019t scream or yell to get your attention. He doesn\u2019t practice wrong behavior. He is gentle and kind and He guides He doesn\u2019t push\u2026actually for me and I\u2019ve heard other people say this too\u2026His voice is like a whisper or a breath<\/em> inside of you. It\u2019s different than your thoughts, but like your thoughts, only good and pure and healthy thoughts. He brings comfort and peace like a gentle breeze on a summer\u2019s day. I\u2019ve never lived where it snows but I\u2019d imagine if you were all snowed in and couldn\u2019t get outside but your fireplace is lit and you\u2019re all warm and cozy with a blanket and a nice cup of hot tea and all is quiet and serene He\u2019s kind of like that\u2026<\/h6>\n
He\u2019s kind of like that feeling you get when you catch your first fish, or, kiss your first love\u2026or watch your child open his first Christmas present on Christmas morning, the look on his face of surprise and happiness\u2026and he squeals with delight, \u201cIt\u2019s just what I wanted.\u201d<\/h6>\n
The Holy Spirit is the best friend you\u2019ll ever have. He\u2019ll tell you secrets and stories about Jesus that will leave you speechless and in awe\u2026He\u2019ll shed tears with you when a loved one passes\u2026He\u2019ll lead you in a path that is always lit with just enough light so you won\u2019t stumble or fall. If you will open your heart to Him and speak to Him and ask Him what He wants you to do, He will answer you. He speaks to our hearts and minds through His word and He calls us by name. If you want to confirm what He is telling you, open His letters that are written in His Book and you will find everything you need to live a good, full, rich and joyous life. Even in the difficult times He will never leave, He is always with us. We just need to be aware of Him, talk to Him; He is your best friend.<\/h6>\n
God bless you and remember this, you\u2019ll know His Voice because it will always point you to Love\u2026God\u2019s Love! I Corinthians 13<\/strong> will tell you how to Love the way He loves.<\/h6>\n
God loves All His children and you know what? God is as thrilled at watching us when we are learning new things about Him, as we are about watching our children. I can imagine God on that rollercoaster\u2026arms held high over his head\u2026laughing with excitement and thrilled as it goes\u2026SWOOSH<\/em>, over and under, around and around, riding on that rollercoaster with His very own children\u2026knowing what\u00a0He has in store for us\u2026just over the next bend\u2026and curve\u2026How Exciting to know the Holy Spirit is riding on that rollercoaster with us and in us!<\/h6>\n
~M. S. O\u2019Neill October 18, 2017<\/h6>\n
1 Corinthians 13 Good News Translation (GNT)<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n
Love<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n
I may be able to speak the languages of human beings and even of angels, but if I have no love, my speech is no more than a noisy gong or a clanging bell. I may have the gift of inspired preaching; I may have all knowledge and understand all secrets; I may have all the faith needed to move mountains\u2014but if I have no love, I am nothing. I may give away everything I have, and even give up my body to be burned\u2014but if I have no love, this does me no good.<\/em><\/h6>\n
Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud; love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; love does not keep a record of wrongs; love is not happy with evil, but is happy with the truth. Love never gives up; and its faith, hope, and patience never fail.<\/em><\/h6>\n
Love is eternal. There are inspired messages, but they are temporary; there are gifts of speaking in strange tongues, but they will cease; there is knowledge, but it will pass. For our gifts of knowledge and of inspired messages are only partial; but when what is perfect comes, then what is partial will disappear.<\/em><\/h6>\n
When I was a child, my speech, feelings, and thinking were all those of a child; now that I am an adult, I have no more use for childish ways. What we see now is like a dim image in a mirror; then we shall see face-to-face. What I know now is only partial; then it will be complete\u2014as complete as God’s knowledge of me.<\/em><\/h6>\n
Meanwhile these three remain: faith, hope, and love; and the greatest of these is love.<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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