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\"Grandmother\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Her long white hair was usually tied up in a bun.<\/p>\n

A twinkle in her deep blue eyes revealed a well of joy and perhaps mischievousness.<\/p>\n

Even though she was already 96, she still met weekly with twelve young mothers she had been mentoring for nearly a dozen years. Widowed at 62 she had poured her life into caring for others and teaching the Bible.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s one of my heroes. <\/strong><\/p>\n

She was my mother-in-law.<\/p>\n

\"Grandma<\/a><\/p>\n

When I think of her I think of her in two postures. <\/strong><\/h4>\n

One is talking on the phone.<\/strong> Faithfully she called her four children, their spouses and her 15 grandchildren.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s happening in your life? How can I pray for you?\u201d or \u201cAre you in love with that boy yet?\u201d She had a way of getting right to the point.<\/p>\n

The other posture that is cemented in my brain is that of her on her knees.<\/strong> This was her nightly habit. Tiptoeing past her room one night I marveled to see her kneeling on the bare floor beside her walker, her frail hands folded as she prayed for those she loved.<\/p>\n

Oh, how much I want to be like her.<\/p>\n

Her selfless life has impacted generations to come.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Father help me-help each of us to become women and men who pray regularly for the next generation and those who will follow them!<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cHow can I repay the Lord for all His goodness to me? I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord.\u201d \u00a0Psalm 116:12-13<\/h4>\n

Blessings,<\/p>\n

Susan Alexander Yates<\/a><\/p>\n

*Do you have a grandmother (or older woman) who has impact your life? Please share!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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