Prayer to my granddaughter and friends from Grandma

This is a prayer I have prepared for my granddaughter and her friends. A prayer of love from a Grandma who cares.

See my earlier post titled "Fired Friend" for more details.

                                         They Call Me,

                                                          Grandma



The Prayer in the Video written out:

Dear heavenly Father I come before your throne once again to pray for my granddaughter and her friends to find a face to their pain. To know what it is in order to deal with it. Help us as their love ones to show them they are loved as we help them to receive that into their lives. I pray they will no longer buy into the lie that they are unloved, ugly, and that they are responsible for filling the void in their lives. Board up their hiding place of pot smoking, cigarettes, drinking and sex. Block their escape leaving open only the path leading straight to You, Lord God.

 

Help them to see their constant companion that is always there for them is Jesus not their marijuana. Take away the cushion they feel they can lean on as they learn to lean on You, Lord Jesus. May they realize they don’t need to feel like they want to make themselves go away.

 

May their hunger for love and attention be filled in a good way thru Jesus, their parents, love ones and friends who truly care. Keep them from believing the lie that sex and having a baby will cure what they are dealing with. May they know neither is meant to fill the void or heal the pain they are feeling deep down inside. Indeed sex, drinking, and drugs only puts a temporary bandage over something that requires the healing power of Jesus.

 

I pray they will find their bodies and inner selves in order to reclaim each for themselves and for You Lord God as they take back what life has stolen from them. May they know they don’t need to do strange things anymore in order to cope. I pray each of will stand aside in order to allow You Lord God to work the miracles in their lives that will restore themselves unto You Lord.

 

Place strong and sturdy patches over their broken hearts and spirits to reinforce the strength felt in their hearts thru You Lord God. Show them the definition of insanity is doing the same thing again and again and expecting different results. Demonstrate to them they don’t need to steal and do the things they do as they can just be themselves. May they always remember it’s Satan that wants them back in the dumpster and that it’s You Lord Jesus who wants them safe, healed and restored.

 

Draw out your hacksaw Lord God and swing it wide that You may saw away their past releasing each of them from it in order to keep them moving forward. Place each of them on the path to healing as they look deep into Your word Lord God and find promises worth having faith in, guidance, direction, and companionship instead of empty words and rules just waiting to be broken.

 

Show them how each are loved by You Lord God and may they see the worth in themselves that you see. A strong worth to treasure, a value to die for, and a wealth to bank on for all eternity, all from you Lord God.  Thank you Lord for this love, thank you for this path to eternal peace and happiness in You.

 

Prepare for them their homes in heaven; prepare on earth their hearts eternal to receive Your blessings of healing, restoration, and worth. I believe in Your promise Lord that You do not want any to perish. That You will prepare for them a situation that will bring them to the cross seeking the only thing capable of filling the void in their lives, You Lord Jesus. Keep them safe on their journey as I patiently wait at the foot of the cross for the lost sheep finally found.

 

Praise you Lord for the hope and reassurance of knowing You are capable of taking us from “Fired Friend” to “Finally Found.” I love you. I love my granddaughter. Thank you Lord for loving us both.

 

Amen (So be it)

 

 

 

Graduating Class of 2012

June is the month of graduations. If you just graduated from something like kindergarten, Jr. High, High School, or college, Congratulations!


(The picture here is my graduation picture from 1976 along with Mary and Debbie)

Recently as I was listening to someone talk about their busy schedule they told me that they were, “All graduated out.” In other words they had so many things going on surrounding the graduation of their children that it was wearing them out.

Another parent could be seen writing notes of endearment to their daughter on their car windows stating, “Congratulations Gracie we are proud of you. We love you” as she graduated from kindergarten (this is Gracie in the picture). Next on the scene was the grandparent sitting on a hard bench bearing the pain just to watch their 8th grade granddaughter graduate into High school. Each of these families in their own ways offered up encouragement to their loved ones.


However, it’s important the encouragement doesn’t end there. We need to keep encouraging our kids more and more. Life out in the “real” world isn’t as kind and sweet and easy as they would like to believe it is. There will be hills to climb, bridges to cross, roads to travel down, and valley’s to go thru. At times they will run into an occasional brick wall, dead end, bridge out sign, and pot holes that will slow them down but they must know that they need to keep moving forward.

(In this picture is my granddaughter Marissa who graduated from 8th grade. I was the grandparent that was struggling to sit on the hard bench. Ouch! )
The best traveling companion they can take with them is their attitude. Believe it or not our attitude is what makes or breaks us. It is what will slow us down or speed us up depending on what kind of attitude we choose to have. If we go out into life with anger, bitterness, negative, disrespect, selfishness as the base of our attitude we won’t go far. However, if we have a caring, loving, upbeat, positive respectful attitude we will get much further in life.

Begin your journey with seeking God. Don’t wait till you’ve gone out and “did your thing first.” Always put God first in your life and all the other things needed to survive life will fall properly into place. God is where your strength will abound, it is through Him you’ll find peace for yourself, its with Him that mountains can be conquered, bridges crossed, and pot holes filled in to make traveling much easier and definitely more successful.


World, I present to you this day Class of 2012. God bless them all.


“Lord God above, watch over each and every one of them as they move up, move on, move forward in their lives. And may each of them appreciate what they have and look forward to the one true graduation ahead. The one where we graduate into Heaven as we fall alive into eternity with You Heavenly Father to the place of no pain, no tears, no struggles, no trials, no fear but only the blessings that come with having accepted Christ into our lives.” Amen


Christ, I present to you this day Class of 2012 and every year before and after that. We are blessed thanks to you.



They call me, Grandma



© 2012 Karen J. Gillett @ Pencil Marks and Recipes Publishing

WTLB~~~Checking for Fingerprints

Have you ever felt as if someone was trying to keep you from growing emotionally and spiritually inside? Being told to bloom, grow, or blossom where we are planted seems impossible when it feels like someone has their thumb over us stopping us from even breaking ground let alone see daylight.

Definitely a lie Satan would like us to believe. However, when we go looking for fingerprints frequently what we find is the thumb or thing we thought was holding us back or squishing us was attached to our own hand.

Our attitudes, emotions, negative outlook, and lack of strength are things that can hold us back, stunt our growth, and prevent us from blooming and growing where we are currently in life. Before we go looking at those around us we need to stop and make sure that the thumb we feel has us pinned down isn’t ours.

As the main gardener in our lives God can help us break ground, get rid of that feeling of being pinned down. Leading us to the daylight of His light, the true lamp to grow by, to bloom for, and put in charge our harvest. Trying on our own only got us temporarily buried when we should have been growing. Thank you Jesus for the miracle gro we can use in our lives, to set in motion a growing process that is destined for beauty, that is grounded in love, forgiveness, and grace.

Copyright 2008 Karen J. Gillett Pencil Marks and Recipes Publishing