Psalm 78:2-4

Psalm 78:2-4 I'm chewing on the morsel of a proverb; I'll let you in on the sweet old truths. Stories we heard from our fathers, counsel we learned at our mother's knee..We're not keeping this to ourselves, we're passing it along to the next generation. (The Message)

My grandmother had all kinds of sayings and used them frequently. Things like 'a watched pot never boils' - 'hot will cool if greedy will wait' - red sky at night, sailors delight, red sky the morning, sailors take warning' just to name a few. And she would tell me stories about her brothers and sisters and her life growing up in Auburn, NH and she showed me all her black and white photos.

All the stories she told of her life in the early 1900s made her childhood come alive and the stories of those deceased relatives in her albums made them seem real, as if I knew them.

Laura can remember my grandmother only a little as she was 3 yrs old when Great Grammie died. Laura loved Twinkies and my grandmother always had them in her breadbox, especially for Laura. When Laura would ask if she had any Twinkies, my grandmother would repeat with a smile, "Do I have any Twinkies?" Laura could never understand why Great Grammie asked her the question back because Great Grammie always had Twinkies. But it was one of those sayings that left Laura with the memory of Twinkies and Great Grammie.

My girls grew up hearing me say, "you know what my grandmother used to say?" and they knew what it would be based on what they were doing. They have those Great Grammie sayings and memories, through me.

Psalm 78:2-4 wants us to tell our stories to our children and our grandchildren. Often, we don't think our stories are significant enough to share, but if you look at the small "Twinkie" story, it something that will stay with Laura forever, it helps her never to forget her Great Grammie.

Nancy