Model Well

I was in a woman’s group and we were discussing the things that we saw modeled before us…we were talking about people that made a difference in our lives…my mind ran quickly to my grandmother…she was the kindest…gentlest…most giving woman…her life was not without challenges…although I loved my grandad he was not a very easy man to live with…he was harsh and his words towards my grandmom at times could be brash…I would watch this amazing woman live her life with joy and zeal through all of this…she sang the hymns that glorified God…she loved her family beyond measure…she showed me that though life was not always easy…you could still have joy…I met God because of her…it was obvious to me…that there had to be someone greater within her that allowed her to withstand hardship without being hard…I loved her…I love her now…when life hit me square between the eyes…it was her image that I grabbed…what did she do? How would she have navigated through this…do you know the vision that I got? Her on her knees crying out to God..I slowly fell to my knees and began to pray to a God that I had ignored…but He knew my name because my grandmother spoke to Him often about me…she modeled the life of a Godly woman well…I needed to reach for the right thing to do…what she modeled threw me into the hands of a loving God who was patiently waiting for me to catch up to the prayers of a great woman who honored God with her whole life…her ordered steps in the Lord…changed my direction…I hope we are all modeling well…because someone will remember what we did…and they will repeat it…model well sisters…someone is walking behind us…😊