God's Goals For Your Roles: Devotions From Time Of Grace MinistrySample

GRANDPARENTS: GODLY GRANDPARENTS FORGIVE "I'm really sorry, Mom," she apologized, as she picked up the broken candy dish that her toddler had accidentally demolished. "No problem," Grandma said lightheartedly. "I can always get another one." The younger woman's jaw dropped as she wondered, "Who is this woman? She sure is different from the days when I was the one breaking her stuff." Colossians 3:8 says to all people who claim to be Christians, "Now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice." As we get older, we learn the beautiful skill of letting go of poisonous emotions. We learn how to sort out what is truly valuable and what is of little value. With the senior years comes the certainty that eternity is close at hand. That awareness, perhaps, is what inspires grandparents to greater tenderness with their grandkids than they managed to show their own kids. Hey--this means you too! What poisonous emotions need to be drained from your heart today?