My Gran was 80 yesterday. Life’s getting harder for her these days – she has Parkinson’s, arthritis and angina. It’s not easy to do simple things anymore and she is in constant pain. Yet her faith in God is stronger than ever.
I think over the past few years she’s become one of my heroes. I admire her simple trust and how she doesn’t feel the need to understand all the difficult things in life. How, despite suffering, she has an unswerving hope of an eternal future and a deep relationship with the God who walks beside her.
Most of all I admire how she feels she’s ready to go home to join her saviour and her family and friends who’ve already passed away: Not because she wants to quit this life, but because she feels her job is done. Her children and her grandchildren have all accepted Christ and are serving him, and her great grandchildren have all either done the same or will follow soon.
I’m thankful for some simple words she’s spoken over the past few years which have been foundational in what God has been doing in and through me.
Happy Birthday Gran.
A good man (or woman) leaves an inheritance for his children’s children – Proverbs 13:22
