Showing posts with label advice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label advice. Show all posts

Friday, August 18, 2023

"My Precious Older Ladies"....

I have many kinds of precious ladies in my life with one group known to me as "My Precious Older Ladies"...I have written about a few of them in past posts (sorry! no time to search for them for you!)


The LORD lovingly "dropped them" into my lap ~25 years ago and He just kept adding more.  In this recent last decade all but one, Pam, went to be with the LORD.


Praises to the LORD who has given us the hope of new life with Him! 


This week Pam went to be with Him. She was ready to go, but I will miss her...


Pam was my fiesty one who mellowed over time to a sweet woman who gave me wonderful advice, loved me dearly, and always said to me as I left, blowing her kisses: 


"Now remember--take care of Glenn, he is your number one priority!"


I can hear her voice saying this right now...and then she would blow me a kiss...


Pam loved her husband, Charlie, dearly, she loved her children, her grands, and her great-grands. She had a full life on the farm, then as a wife, mother, and a nurse in a big city, retiring and working as a lunch lady at middle school, and then a life of leisure with her Beloved...part of which included playing Hand and Foot Canasta with all my other precious older ladies, plus Charlie, our favorite guy! (This is how I met Pam and Chuck.)


I have many other older ladies now who are precious to me, but the ones which the LORD first gave me will always be my most precious...


Praising the LORD for His provision!


Philippians 4:19-20

 ..."And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. 20 Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever. Amen."...

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The one old adage from Pam's father which I remember now is this: 


"Prepare for the worst - hope for the best - and take whatever comes."

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Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Advice for a daughter from her father

The Improving of the Mind


..."I hope you will also find time to read and improve your mind. 


Read history, works of truth, not novels and romances. 


Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. 


It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret."

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-General Robert E. Lee, letter to his daughter.

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Saturday, December 3, 2022

Godly Advice

Godly advice from godly men and women is worth much gold.


Many persons ask for advice, but then they do not heed it ---as they rush to worldly wisdom, and digest it.

James 3:17-18
..."But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.

And the seed whose fruit is righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace."

..."Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil."... 

-Wisdom is Knowledge Applied: The knowledge being from study or experience.-
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