GCR Women

In the past two week, four treasured ladies have passed from this life into the next:  Margaret Poulter, Jane Blackwell, Alice Odle, and Marguerite Goudeau.  These ladies died gracefully in Christ but what's more important is how they lived. Each of them lived her life as a beautiful example of the transformational love of Christ.  As they walked through this life, they chose to order their steps according to the Word of God.  Wisdom, grace, love, joy - these are the riches they possessed and more. Did they live easy, carefree lives without trouble or pain? No, each of them had struggles and suffered pain and loss. But the way they overcame gave glory to God because each of them let Him help her through it all. What is their legacy to me?  Their deaths?  No, it's their lives that speak to me.  Their lives encourage and challenge me to choose God's way because their lives tell me that God's way works, that it's the best way - a way of victory and ...

This week, we had the pleasure of keeping our grandson while his mom was out of town and his dad was working. Have you ever noticed how a four-year-old knows how to get right to the heart of the matter? It has become our habit to pile up our trash sacks on the back porch till one of us has the time to take it out to the dumpster.  Grant noticed the trash sacks sitting there and asked his grandpa why he hadn't taken out the trash. Grandpa answered that he'd take it out later.  Grant wasn't satisfied with that answered and told his grandpa that it was time to take out the trash now. So, Grandpa took out the trash.  The back porch looked so much nicer and was ready to use for the things the porch was intended for.  But be warned:  we have to stay on top of it or it just piles up again. When's the last time you took out the trash?  If we let it pile up, it sits there as a reminder of work we need to do but put off till a more convenient time.  We kee...