Yesterday was a very interesting day. I had three sessions of counsel with the third one being a young man who had come for help almost a year ago and now wanted to return. I found that what I’d written yesterday became an important message for him. He was needing some support but was afraid to reach out for help thinking whoever he told would judge him. He said the ones he trust the most were his grandparents, but he didn’t want to disappoint them. It was then I told him about my own older grandkids who are his age. When they talk to grandma and me, we always promise to support them with prayer and we thank them for letting us know. The thought of judging a grandkid for being of our flesh would rarely if ever enter our minds. He agreed he was going to talk with his own.

When James 5:16 tells us to confess one to another for the prayers of a righteous man are powerful and effective, grandparents can be just that “righteous person/s”. No one would be more apt to lift another up than their grandparents. We have learned from our own living that God loves His children and wants us to support them just as we learned that He supported us in our times of need. God is so, so GOOD!