GCR Women

As a grandmother, I think just about everything my grandchildren do is cute and I enjoy spending time with them just to watch them and see how they've changed since the last time I saw them.  But grandparenting isn't strictly a spectator sport.  There is often more action in the living room than on a football field. My 4-year old grandson is a ball of energy.  He never seems to stop.  Running here - jumping there.  Throwing this - climbing on that.  Perpetual motion comes to mind.  And his little sister does the best she can to keep up with him.  If he climbs on the hearth, she does, too.  If he jumps from the ottoman to the chair, be ready to catch her 'cause here she comes.  When my other granddaughter visited a few months back, she spent an evening running up and down the hall just for the pleasure of dragging a roll of paper behind her.  I get tired just watching.  It's nearly impossible to get them to be still and just talk or listen to me.  If they'd just si

They say that we're in the middle of a government shutdown - at least a partial shutdown.  Certain positions and services will be unavailable until everything is sorted out and funding is renewed.  Some people will feel little effect of the shutdown; some will feel it very personally because their jobs are the ones deemed non-essential.  There's plenty of blame to go around, but more importantly, there is plenty of responsibility to go around.  The purpose of our country's governing bodies is to make sure that this day doesn't come at all. In the middle of all this chaos, I am just so thankful that our God doesn't operate like our government does.  No matter what else is going on, no matter what seems to be falling apart around us, our God never shuts down His government.  He never quits providing essential services. He even consistently provides services some might think are non-essential.  The beauty of a blooming flower, the joy in a child's laughter, the r