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This book takes you through the year through the eyes of a senior citizen. She was saved and baptized at the age of eleven. She continues to discover new things as she reads and studies the Bible.She gains an even greater appreciation for the writers of both the Old and the New Testaments as she tries her hand at writing. She realizes that the Bible is the inspired Word of God and was written by men who were not perfect. Each person has strengths and weaknesses, and as such has made mistakes. They each learn that they must rely on God, just as we must learn to do. God loves each of us, and has our best interests in mind. The path on which He leads us may not be the easiest or the quickest, but it turns out to be the best for God's purposes and as such, is also the best one for us.The author shares memories of her life during the Depression and into the computer age, and frustrations she has while learning to use the new technology. You will be encouraged to look at your own memories in a new light and recognize how God was directing your path even when you didn't realize He was doing it!

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Publié par	Inspiring Voices
Date de parution	19 février 2014
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781462408955
Langue	English

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Through the Year with
GRANNY GWEN

A Daily Devotional

GWEN WARD

Copyright © 2014 Gwen Ward.

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Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Bible.

Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com The “NIV” and “New International Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™ All rights reserved.

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ISBN: 978-1-4624-0894-8 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-4624-0895-5 (e)

Inspiring Voices rev. date: 02/05/2014

Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

About the Author

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THE FOLLOWING:

My daughter Alicia and her husband Patrick,

Their son (and my grandson!), Alex,

And my brother Vern, who all live near-by here in California;

Also my three sisters and their families, and my many cousins.

Not to be forgotten are the many friends who have been so important in my life.

Foreword

“THROUGH THE YEAR WITH GRANNY GWEN” is a book that will captivate your heart and soul. Through life’s journey, this book tells the stories of a life relationship lived for the Glory of God, one that is revered to this day. The prayer of Gwen’s heart was that God would so penetrate and possess her whole being so that all her life would only be a radiance of Him. She wanted only that Jesus would be seen in her so that her life would reflect the wonderful love of God. To this day, Gwen personifies the love that changes the hearts of mankind. She would pray “Lord, shine through me and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel thy presence in my soul.” “Not I, but Christ in me” she would pray.
For over thirty years Gwen enjoyed teaching. (For twenty-three years she taught high school students.)We are blessed to read wonderful stories of things that took place years ago, as well as stories which serve as examples of all that we can be in Christ as we live for Him each day. Here they are… 365 stories, one for each day of the year! Ours to enjoy and upon reading will draw us closer to the Lord in our walk wit h Him.
As I read several of the daily stories, I note that they appeal most especially to our younger generation even though our older generation is equally challenged along life’s way. Other than our precious Holy Spirit, who can say how these writings will impact the readers’ life no matter the age? In the family, value systems are established; authority, discipline, love, and respect are learned; life’s direction is set. In my reading many of Gwen’s stories, I am reminded of these lovely words found in Psa lm 78:
“O my people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter hidden things, things from of old… what we have heard and known, what our fathers have told us. We will not hide them from our children; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, his power, and the wonders he has done.” Vers es 1-4
Yes, these lovely stories written by Granny Gwen remind me of a poem that I once read; author unknown. It reads as fo llows:
“Let the children hear the mighty deed which God performed o f old;
Which in our younger years we saw, And which our fathers told.
“He bids us make his glories known, His works of power and grace;
And we’ll convey his wonders down through every rising race.
“Our lips shall tell them to our sons, And they again to t heirs,
That generations yet unborn may teach them to their h eirs.”
The lovely writings of this book are the nuggets of gold passed down by Gwen from her life’s experiences to all who will learn and be bl essed.
May God richly bless you Gwen. I am most proud of you for this achiev ement.
Rev. David Koser Pastor to Senior Adults & Care Mini stries Lake Avenue Church, Pa sadena

Acknowledgements

Scripture quotations which are unmarked are from The Holy Bible, Old and New Testaments in the King James Version, Reference Edition, Copyright © 1976 by Thomas Nelson, Inc., Nashville, Tenn essee.
Scripture quotations marked NIV are from The Thompson Chain-Reference Bible, New International Version, Copyright ©1983 by the Co-Publishers B. B. Kirkbride Bible Co., Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana, 46204, U.S.A. and The Zondervan Corp. Grand Rapids, Michigan 49506, U.S.A.
Information obtained from Dake’s Annotated Reference Bible, Copyright ©1963 by Finis Jennings Dake, and the New Testament portion (with Daniel, Psalms and Proverbs) Copyright ©1961 by Finis Jennings Dake, Dake Bible Sales, Inc., PO Box 173, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30245.
Information obtained from The New Bible Survey by J. Lawrence Eason. M.A., Ph.D., Copyright © 1963 by Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Mic higan.
Information obtained from Thru the Bible Radio Network notes and outlines from Dr. J. Vernon McGee, Box 7100, Pasadena, California 91109-71000, phone: (800) 65-BIBLE, Website: www.tt b.org .
Information also obtained on the internet, through Google, and includes the poem “Trees” by Joyce Kilmer
Author’s photo taken by Reybee A rcelo.

Introduction

The only person who has ever called me “Granny Gwen” is the little foster girl whom my daughter had for several months. Since she already had two grandmothers, we needed a name for her to call me. I thought this would be a good name for the book. After all, I am a grandmother, and I find that younger women are often in need of an older person to learn some ways to cope, and sometimes they just need a person to give a listening ear. That is something we c an do.
I have taught school for over thirty years. I began right out of high school when I was only seventeen. I began teaching in a one-room country school not far from where I lived. I attended a one-room school for my first eight years of education, so I was used to the way it was organized. I never felt I was deprived by the experience, and it had many advantages. My daughter’s first year of teaching was very different from mine, and now my grandson is teaching, and finding new experiences. I wonder what lies ahead for the next gener ation.
What was life like during the Great Depression? I was a child, and I always had a roof over my head, and food to eat. I think it was an advantage to live on a farm. Everyone lived frugally. “Waste not, want not” was something we were taught at an early age. People were forced to pray for rain since there was no irrigation available, and during harvest-time you had to pray equally hard for it not to rain until the grain was harvested. The school house and the church were across the road from each other, and only 1/8 mile from our house.
There is still a great deal I have yet to learn. I hope you will enjoy learning some of the things I am beginning to understand better as time goes on. Putting your trust in God is one of the most important decisions you can make. I hope you will be encouraged if you have already made that decision, and that you will see the importance of making this decision if you need to do this. Come and go through the year with me. Discover how great our God is on a daily basis through the eyes of a senior ci tizen.

JANUARY

Jan. 1, Oh, The Places You’ll Go
This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men. Tit us 3:8
How interesting that the theme for the 2013 float was based on Dr. Seuss’s book. It was always fun to read his stories to the kindergarten children. I had a wonderful place to view the float, thanks to friends my daughter had made. Their home is right on the parade route, and they put up chairs which they share. Of course, you get good exercise walking from your car, but my son-in-law took the car as close as possible and let us off, and then parked th e car.
It was especially interesting to find the floats that my daughter had worked on. She and one of her previous students worked for a couple of days helping put each flower in a mixture of Seven-up and water so they would be in good condition on the day of the float. She told me that some of the more costly flowers were not assigned to the volunteers, but professionals handled those flowers. What a lot of work and expense, but how enjoyable it is for