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Tuesday's Grand Connection Thought

by Mary May Larmoyeux

Pops and I had our sixth grandchild on Saturday and I must say, she's beautiful!

Her big sister and brother stayed with us over the weekend, and they were so excited to be with their little sis today! Our four-year-old grandson was ready to play with her--right now. I tried to explain to him that she couldn't play quite yet, but he insisted that babies can play. Well, she didn't seem excited about the toy truck that he kept waving at her.

Big sis looked like a natural as she cradled the baby in her arms. With a grin on her face she seemed to say, "I have a real, live baby doll!"

New life. How precious! No matter what struggles there are in the world around us, new life just breathes hope.

I am reminded of Psalm 139:13-14a:  "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made."

What was it like when you held your grandchild for the first time?

Have a great week,

Mary
co-author of The Grand Connection: 365 Ways to Connect with Your Grandchild's Heart
http://www.marymaywrites.com/

"That's when God put me together."

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Tuesday's Grand Connection Thought
by Mary May Larmoyeux

When I was in Washington, D.C.,  for the national March for Life, a speaker said that he had seen his grandson for the first time. He had just seen the child's ultrasound.

The ultrasound of one of our granddaughters once hung on her bedroom wall. I'll never forget her pointing to it a couple of years ago. "See, Nana, that's when God put me together."

I couldn't help but smile. Out of the mouths of babes!

Years ago I heard a woman say that when she knits, every single strand of the yarn is touched by her fingers. She compared that to God knitting each of us in our mother's womb. "You formed my inward parts," says Psalm 139:13-14. "You wove me in my mother's womb. I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made."

We granmdparents have a wonderful opportunity to affirm to our legacy that God made them perfectly! If you know where an ultrasound picture is of your grandchild, you might just want to snuggle in an overstuffed chair with your legacy and say what my granddaughter told me. That's when God "put you together."

He is able,
Mary
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