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Celebrating the Legacy of Grandparents: Faith, Love, and Lifelong Guidance
Imagine the joy and excitement of welcoming your sixth grandchild into the world. That’s exactly what we're celebrating in this heartfelt episode, where we explore the remarkable bond between grandparents and their grandchildren. You'll hear touching personal anecdotes, reflections on Proverbs 17:6, and even a humorous Spanish quote about the never-ending journey of parenthood. We also invite listeners to share their own cherished memories and insights, making this episode an interactive and deeply personal experience for all.
In this episode, we delve into the spiritual legacy grandparents leave behind, underscoring the pivotal role their prayers, wisdom, and love play in shaping our lives. We feature moving stories about the profound impact of a grandparent's faith and guidance, even during life’s challenging decisions. A special guest caller reminds us of the spiritual vitality grandparents embody, encouraging us to honor and appreciate their influence. Listener questions on disciplining step-grandkids and introducing faith to them are thoughtfully addressed, emphasizing communication and prayer as key components.
As we wrap up, we focus on the importance of passing down legacies and traditions, whether they be faith-based or rooted in work ethic and family values. Through real-life examples, we illustrate how grandparents reinforce positive teachings and traditions, shaping the values of younger generations. The episode closes on a light-hearted note, acknowledging the inevitability of retirement topics as we age, but always circling back to the profound and lasting influence of grandparents on our lives.
So you are. Live for Jesus. This is a text-in call-in program, so let's go ahead, joey. Let's give them the phone number 786-313-3155, 786-313-3155. And today's topic is grandparenting.
Speaker 2:It was inspired by you. Oh yeah, in part. Oh yeah.
Speaker 1:So yes, yesterday was a special day.
Speaker 2:Uh, grandbaby number six came into the world so, yeah, so very excited um and just you said, the influence that grandparents can have, the influence that grandparents have and you could talk about that as a grandparent, but I can remember my grandparents, you know. So it's not that only grandparents are going to call today we hope but whether you're a student or maybe you're a parent listening or an adult, and you can remember way, way back your relationship with your grandparents and just the influence and the impact grandparents can have. And I know one of my weaknesses is sometimes not getting to the question or not making the question clear. So I guess that would be the question right what is the influence that grandparents could have, whether you're a grandparent talking or calling, or whether you remember the influence your grandparents had on you?
Speaker 1:right. So, uh, I do have a bible verse. It's in um proverbs, 17 verse 6. It says grandchildren are the crown of old men and the glory of sons is their fathers. So, um, grandchildren are amazing. I know you don't know that yet. I don't uh, firsthand, joey, but grandkids are amazing. You love your kids so much. You can't imagine loving their offspring as much, but it is amazing what the Lord pours into your heart as you have them, as you see them, as you watch them grow. It's just a great thing. So fun, amazing.
Speaker 2:I see my kids with their grandparents and it's just. It's. One thing that's interesting is the I don't know how this happens. Maybe it's a secret you can't share, but they almost treat them more special or like in a sense of like a fine china, like, oh, they're careful, but also they give them more. They kind of spoil them more at the same time.
Speaker 1:Right.
Speaker 2:So that's really interesting to see. You know, my parents and my in-laws, they're they're like so careful and oh, you know, and we got it. And because this is not our kids technically, but at the same time, oh yeah, you know, have more candy or have toys or whatever, and it's like how do you do both?
Speaker 1:of those things. It's funny, so fun. So, my best friends, this is this is a funny quote my best friend's mom used to say it's nine minutes in Spanish, it's better, so I'll say it in Spanish, then I'll translate it. So I'll just I'll translate that it's nine months of illness and then a lifetime of recovery. So when you're a parent, it never ends, right? You're always a parent. And now you know I'm a little bit of a math girl. So now, exponentially, that becomes the case, right, when you have grandparents. Then when you have grandchildren and you're a grandparent, it's just, it's just multiplied repeatedly. You know that.
Speaker 2:And you don't have the nine months of sickness part. You don't thank.
Speaker 1:God, I think it's time for more music right about now. Joey, I hate to cut off this song because I really love it, but there's only one thing better there's only one thing better, and that is that we would have people call in.
Speaker 1:So let me go ahead and give you that number one more time. I want you to call in and just give us your insight on the influence of grandparents. So the number is 786-313-3115. We are anxiously awaiting to hear from you, the caller. All right, you're the one that makes this call special, so I have someone on hold. Joey, you want to take this one? Sure, all righty.
Speaker 2:Good morning You're. Live for Jesus. Where are you calling us from? Good morning From Tamiami. Great to hear from Tamiami. I know you started off in the southern area of the city, but what do you have to share with us about the influence of grandparents?
Speaker 5:I want to know when we're going to talk about the influence of an aunt, but that could be.
Speaker 2:Hey, I like that, I like that.
Speaker 1:Oh, tia so exciting.
Speaker 2:Well listen, if we do this program in another, I don't know. Uh, I don't want to put a number and get in trouble, but one day, one day, you might be part of this program yo, that's true.
Speaker 5:Oh, my goodness. So, um, it's funny that you should mention that far away future dream that parents have of being a godly grandparent. Um, because I remember both of my grandmas so fondly. Um, one of them is kind of my, my twin.
Speaker 5:Uh, there have been moments where I've I've um seen pictures of her and it's just so uncanny the similarities in our, our physical features, um, so that's my paternal grandma and my maternal grandma. My mom's mom was very feisty and lots of fun and I got to think I got some of that from her as well and they're just both so special to me. And when I think of the influence of both sets of my grandparents, and when I think of the influence of both sets of my grandparents, their prayers, both sides, have been such an influence, not just in my life but in the life of my siblings, in the life of my parents, and I know a lot of the spiritual fruit in my life and in my family's life as a result of the Lord just answering their prayers, even on this side of eternity, even though they're in glory, that the Lord is still honoring their prayers.
Speaker 5:And so I just wanted to encourage any grandparents out there that maybe their grandkids are not walking with the Lord, or maybe their grandkids are just in a dry season. You know they're facing a fork in the road and they have a big decision and you know worrying and caring and wanting the best for them to continue praying, because the Lord is faithful. He's faithful to hear those prayers as you cry out on behalf of your grandkids. And a really sweet thing too, even joking about the genetics, is when I found out at a young age that my grandma right my twin, that she was a teacher and that she helped lead a school and again, it's just so, so good, this was the paternal or the maternal.
Speaker 5:Paternal, paternal.
Speaker 2:Wow.
Speaker 5:Paternal, yeah. And again the joke is like oh, the influence of a grandparent. If it wasn't for them I wouldn't be alive, right?
Speaker 8:And just all of that.
Speaker 5:But because of my grandpa's obedience to the Lord, I can honestly say you know that we're alive because he was heeding the Lord's wisdom when he told them hey, you need to get out of this country. The way that the government is going is not godly. It's not going to be good for you. And because of his immediate obedience, his life. He wasn't imprisoned and who knows, who knows the consequence of that disobedience the consequence of that disobedience.
Speaker 1:So that's amazing, alicia, and I had the privilege of knowing your grandma. Yeah, and you know I would watch her with her grandkids and her great grandkids. And you know, one word that comes to mind when I think of her is she was the biggest cheerleader for every one of you.
Speaker 5:He, he really was. And she was such a good balance of that because she would just say it like it is, that she meant it, because she did not hold back when she saw something she didn't agree with and I loved yeah, yeah amazing.
Speaker 2:Well, this has already gotten off to a beautiful start this morning. Both of you really appreciate your call. My sister and and uh all that iliana's doing this morning. We have somebody else on the line. Do you have any final comment or thought?
Speaker 5:uh, before we let you go, uh, no, just to remember those of us that, um, well, those of you, the, the listeners that still have your grandparents around to appreciate them. Give them a call, ask them about their story. Um, help them with their technology, be patient with them um and just just cherish that.
Speaker 5:Just cherish that because this, this fleeting thing we call life is, is just that. So you don't want to have any regrets. I know I don't have any regrets. I was able to spend a lot of time with my grandparents and it's not too late. The Lord can put someone in your life that's a little bit older, that you can encourage and minister to. That's awesome.
Speaker 2:Thank you. I'm going to come back to that because that's huge.
Speaker 5:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Thank you, god bless you.
Speaker 5:God bless.
Speaker 2:We have somebody else on the line. If you're going to call the number 786-313-3115, we do have a text also. We'll get to that in a bit. But you're live on God's Way Radio. Where are you calling us from?
Speaker 8:Good morning. I'm calling from Richmond Heights, but right now Coral Springs.
Speaker 1:Good morning, Coral Springs. From Richmond Heights Relocated to Coral Springs temporarily. How are you this?
Speaker 8:morning I am wonderful. I heard Joey said. I don't know what he always said when he said, but this morning he said you are alive for Jesus. And how he said it. I heard the Spirit of the Lord in his voice when he said we are not dead, we are alive for Jesus. So, whatever state you're in state of mind, state of conscience, state of body, state of the world you are alive, and do grandmothers, grandparents, parents, neighbors, whatever your position is in the world. If you are a true believer of the Lord, you have accepted him as your Lord and Savior. You are alive. We have more power in us than the electricity that runs through the earth. We have more power in us than that sun that rises every morning. We have more power because we are alive for Jesus. He kicked me off on that one. He kicked out of me on that one. I heard the Holy Spirit in his voice. I hear it a lot, but this morning you are alive for Jesus. He rose grand. So that's my spiel on it.
Speaker 1:That's awesome, that's awesome. So just a quick question Do you have any particular insight on what? Yes, being alive as a grandparent is a big influence, because there's so much that we can do right, especially in the spiritual realm. But any one thing that you can think of just to encourage other listeners?
Speaker 8:Yes, Practically speaking yes, definitely speaking as grandparents Some of us did bad with our children. You know we got it together, but eventually we got it together eventually because we, you know we did what we're supposed to do in the spirit of God. However, when the little ones are around us, we shouldn't be acting like we are saved. We should be acting like we're going to do the right thing. We should be acting. The act is over. We should be. The Bible says be ye holy as I am holy. So if you are a grandparent, you should be a grandparent unto God, because we're talking to Christians and if there's anybody that's listening not yet has given their life to the Lord.
Speaker 8:This is a road of being not acting yeah we have to be all the time, not when we get on the phone and all of a sudden we forget and then the grandchildren here are saying all manner of things that we should be at this point. We should be everything God called us to be Love that.
Speaker 1:Love that Because we are an example. Right, we are an example and kids know Kids can see through stuff right.
Speaker 8:So, yes, their discernment, yeah, their discernment is very keen, until it comes to them, then they get dull. But when it comes to everybody else, they pinpoint precision. Yes, they finish them in my motor company. Thank you so much.
Speaker 1:Thank you for that. I love that. We are live for Jesus, so true, so true.
Speaker 8:Yes yes, y'all have a great day.
Speaker 1:Thank you so much. You too, enjoy your day today.
Speaker 8:Thank you for your call. Oh yeah, and keep us in prayer with my goddaughter. She's delivering today. Oh, exciting, that's why I'm in Coral Springs. Yes, that's why I'm in Coral Springs. Okay, she's delivering today, so we should have a great bundle of joy in a few hours.
Speaker 1:Oh awesome. Can we pray right now, Is that okay? Oh, yes, ma'am, let's pray. Father, in the name of Jesus, Lord, we bring to you Carol's goddaughter Father and this baby that is about to be born. Lord, we pray for every single person involved, that you would be with them, that you would bring that baby safely through, that you would be honored and glorified. Lord, may everything go well. Healthy baby, healthy mama. Lord, may this be a joyous day In Jesus' name, amen, Amen.
Speaker 8:Love you all. All right Same here God bless.
Speaker 4:Bye-bye.
Speaker 2:We have another call. I believe we right Same here. God bless, Bye-bye we have another call?
Speaker 1:I believe we do. We do so. Good morning. You are live for Jesus. This morning it's so good to hear when are you calling from?
Speaker 8:I am calling from the Sweetwater area.
Speaker 1:Oh, good morning Sweetwater. So tell us, what do you think of the influence of grandparents?
Speaker 4:So I've been listening for a couple minutes now, just about from the start of the program, and I've been trying to get myself to call without crying.
Speaker 1:I'm so glad you called, I'm so glad.
Speaker 2:And it's okay if you cry.
Speaker 4:And it's okay, because I've already cried twice, it's okay if you cry, and it's okay, because I've already cried twice. Yeah, you know, celebrating the life of your sixth grandchild. What a blessing right. Thank you, but thinking of my grandparents and so much goes into that. Both of my grandfathers passed away when I was young, but my grandmothers are such a vital part of my life and especially my maternal, maternal grandmother.
Speaker 4:Yeah, she's the reason I'm an educator and a big part of the reason why I am the man that I am today. She helped raise us when my father passed away, right.
Speaker 1:Such a strong woman, such a warrior, amazing.
Speaker 4:Yeah, and you know we celebrated her 90th birthday this year Wow, and to see her in her late years just fall in love with Jesus and his word, yeah, it brought me so much joy. It's amazing. I just wanted to call to see that. Yeah, grandparents are amazing.
Speaker 2:I got to ask a question because you know Eliana and even George on the phone. I mean, you guys know when you pray and you kind of take a step forward. You know, hey, god, you know we're going to gonna do this topic. You can't imagine all the connections, you know. Maybe other people plan that good, but not me, how I? This whole time I'm thinking of grandparents praying for their grandkids, but what about kids praying for their grandparents, right, george? Could you elaborate on that?
Speaker 4:Yeah, you know my grandmother. She was raised Catholic her entire life and really knowing of God and, I think, knowing God as well, but really religious in terms of her prayer life and you know the churches she attended and whatnot. But in her later years I have now seen that it's really turned into a relationship and I prayed for that for so many years as a youth and a young adult that my grandmother would not only know of God but know God. Right.
Speaker 4:And I could say without a shadow of a doubt that I know that she knows God and has a relationship with Him, and that brings me so much joy. That's awesome, that is amazing.
Speaker 2:What a great call. That's awesome, that is amazing.
Speaker 1:What a great call. I want to thank you for taking the time to call and getting past the I don't want to call, but I have to call Because your input this morning is invaluable. Son, who just understands the importance of that wisdom and that example your grandmother was to you is amazing. It's amazing. I just want to thank you so much for calling this morning. Do you want to send us off with a prayer?
Speaker 8:Yeah, I would love that.
Speaker 4:Awesome, god, thank you so much that, in whatever season of life we're in, whether that's being a grandparent or a grandson or a granddaughter or anywhere in between, god, that the role that you've given us, lord, we could live it onto you. And, lord, we pray, god, that we would represent you well in whatever that role is. Lord, god, we ask that you would have your perfect way in every one of us.
Speaker 4:Thank you for the top of this morning, lord. Thank you for the people that have influenced our lives and God. Thank you, lord, that we could return the favor, praying for them. Lord lifting them up and thanking you, God, for them in our lives. So thank you for the program this morning. Continue to just do our work and do it. In Jesus' name, I pray.
Speaker 1:Amen, amen. Thank you for calling, george.
Speaker 2:Bless you bro, Thank you.
Speaker 1:All righty, a little more music now. Are we ready? Joey, sounds good. You are my friend and you are my brother, even though you are a king. I love you more than any other, so much more than any other. So you are listening to God's Way Radio this morning, 104.7 FM W-A-Y-G-L-P. This is the program Live for Jesus. It's a call-in program and, joey, I don't see any callers on the line.
Speaker 2:Not yet. We do have a text, though, oh we do.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we got to get to that one. How do we do this?
Speaker 2:I have. We can get on the computer, but I'll read it from here. Uh, first, if it pops up, here we go live radio. So this is an interesting one. So it says what about disciplining step grandkids? What about sharing the gospel with step grandkids of non-believing parents?
Speaker 2:I can speak to the the first one. Um, I can speak to the first one a little bit in the sense that, you know, as parents, we took the initiative to share with the grandparents. Hey, this is what we're okay with, this is what we're not okay with, discipline-wise, you know. Hey, you know, here's some ideas. You know you could do this timeout, or you could do this, or we tell the kids before we send them off. Hey, you know, if you break any of these rules, you're going to get consequences when we pick you up. You know, when you come home, and you know I imagine that could be hard for a grandparent, especially step grandparent, blended family and all that. But maybe, maybe you could ask and this is now a question I'm kind of posing to Ileana hey, what do I do in this situation? What would you like me to do in this situation?
Speaker 1:Right, I think conversation is really important and understanding, especially with blended families, right, I think? As if it's your own parent or your own child. They know you, they know your heart, they know your motives, you know, and so nothing is going to be misconstrued. So I think communication is key. Nothing is going to be misconstrued. So I think communication is key.
Speaker 2:I think it's important, especially in blended families, to have those conversations before the subject comes up, before the situation comes up, yeah. And then the second one sharing the gospel with step grandkids of non-believing parents. I would think it's like anything else Pray, be bold, right.
Speaker 1:I think that we can share the gospel in so many ways. And it's like anything else pray, be bold, right, I think? I think that you know, we can share the gospel in so many ways, um, and, and it's not always, yes, it it's, it's gonna be speaking, but it's so many times through example, through praying, if someone, if, if, if the child falls down and hurts themselves, you can pray for them. They can ask. There's so many ways that you, if you know the Lord, you're going to be speaking of the Lord, just in natural conversation anyway.
Speaker 1:So, there's so many ways we can share the love of Jesus with little ones, and they're usually so open, you know. So, I think, if, if, if there's an antagonistic um, if the parents have trouble with it, then you have to tread lightly, but use wisdom. The Lord gives us wisdom. All we have to do is ask. So I think prayer and listening to the Holy Spirit, being led by the Holy Spirit, is really important.
Speaker 2:Amen. We got another text here, ileana. It says good morning, great program. I'm at work and supposed to be working, not crying with these amazing calls. Love you guys.
Speaker 3:That's so funny. Yeah, if you just tuned in it's been an amazing program.
Speaker 2:Ileana, I don't want to take the blessing from you of the ID and the reset, and I know it's one of the fun parts here.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but we do want you to call, so I am going to give you the number 786-313-3115. You don't have to be a grandparent to call to give us the influence of grandparents. You can be a grandson or daughter, you can be a parent, you could be you know, know a child.
Speaker 1:Tell us how your grandparents yeah, that'll be amazing right if a student um, so, joey, I was reading an article. When you get to, when you get to, my age, your news feed tends to talk a lot about retirement. I don't know why, but it does, and so I have I. I was a grandparent for the first time when I was 45, which is pretty young to be a grandma, but I'm getting up there, and so one of the articles I read recently was how the boomer generation is starting to pass and so we're getting ready economically for the greatest wealth transfer that the us has ever known uh, the, the wealth of the boomer is ready to be inherited by millennials, etc. And and when I saw that I thought to myself what? What you know?
Speaker 2:okay, great lord have mercy, but what about the real inheritance?
Speaker 1:not the inheritance of the 401k of of the investment of the house, of the property. But what about the legacies that are going to be transferred?
Speaker 2:And.
Speaker 1:I just wanted to, you know, have the listeners think about that. You know it's amazing. What inheritance can you leave your children, your grandchildren? That is eternal, because really everything here is going to burn, it's all going to go and it's really just nothingness. Uh, the true riches, the true inheritance are we. You know, because they're talking. The article talked about preparing for that transfer. But are we preparing, are we preparing for the transfer of the wealth of wisdom, of faith? That's the greatest inheritance. I mean, our first caller this morning inherited riches upon riches from her grandparents who prayed for her, who left her a legacy. And so are we preparing, as believers, to leave an inheritance to our children and to our grandchildren? So just a question.
Speaker 2:I think that's some music time.
Speaker 7:You say don't be afraid To trust where you will lead and walk always with you and I'll not hear the thunder. You say just have faith To reach out and take your hand and walk always with you.
Speaker 2:I want to keep the momentum. I want to get another call or text. We've had such great calls or texts.
Speaker 1:786-313-3115 the influence of grandparents so you are listening to life for jesus and and so let's talk about what we, what we left off with joey what do you think we can be doing to prepare that inheritance, to prepare that transfer of such riches that we have in the Lord?
Speaker 2:You know, everybody has a unique story. You know, and it's funny, I was just thinking about it between pretty much Sunday and this morning and just thinking about my grandparents. They've all passed away now and they weren't Christians in the sense of I'll say this much for all of them. There's at least a question mark there, and I don't know my parents could be listening, they knew them better and everything they passed when I was younger, but there's at least a question mark there. I don't know for certain. They weren't living out that faith, living out that faith. So I don't have quite the legacy or quite the inheritance that some of the callers have called about, and so I wonder what would it have been like and what would that have been like? But there are other things that are passed on work ethic and I'll say this very carefully, but I've spoken about this with my mom before there's also some what not to do's. Yeah.
Speaker 2:You know, and you look at your family and you say you know, and you know, I don't. I don't believe theologically in generational curse per se, but I do see, and I'd like your take on this. You know, I do see the fact that things are passed on, things are taught. You know, things are caught just in a relational sense and in an environmental sense Our environment will affect us, our upbringing, the home.
Speaker 2:And so looking at the what not to do things and looking back and saying you know what, I see this going on in my family for more than one generation and I want to be the one to break that, you know, as something that you could look at as a grandchild.
Speaker 1:Right, absolutely, absolutely. And what about just other things that can be passed on, like family recipes? Yeah, you know Well, I have one that I be passed on like family recipes yeah, you know.
Speaker 2:Well, I have one that I'm holding on to. That's a pretty cool story.
Speaker 1:Traditions, traditions you know how you celebrate a holiday or what you do for a birthday or Christmas mornings. Traditions are so important, so important to pass them on and to have that, have that legacy as a family right. But hey, we do have a call on hold, so let's go ahead and get to this call real quick. Good morning, you are live for Jesus. Where are you calling us from this morning?
Speaker 12:Good morning. I'm calling from the beautiful city of West Miami.
Speaker 1:There you go. Good morning Chris. How are you today?
Speaker 12:I'm well. How are you today? I'm well, how are you? How's it?
Speaker 1:going Everything okay.
Speaker 2:Doing. Okay, she's driving. Well, yeah, they call it that.
Speaker 9:She's flying the spaceship Yikes.
Speaker 2:That's awesome.
Speaker 12:So what can you tell us about the influence of grandparents? You know, um, my, uh, I like you, joey, are very similar. I don't, I don't have necessarily that, that legacy, that, um, you know my grandparents, at least on my mom's side. You know I came from cuba, very hard working, that, that incredible work ethic and then my grandparents from my dad's side.
Speaker 12:My grandfather passed away when I was very young and then my grandmother. She passed away when I was in the fourth, I don't know fifth, grade, so I didn't get all of that much time with them to see that legacy. But you know, I have seen that legacy in my wife's family. I've seen Abu, who's still around, who is the great-grandmother of my kids, and Abu's legacy and her passing that down. And she's still kicking man, she's still there, she's all there, she still moves around, walks, has fun, amazing, she's out to offers and all that, and so I mean it's awesome to see it. And then you know what happened in her family with her, her mom, who's the grandmother of my kids, her mom was first one that got saved right tricked into and touched everybody on her side of the family.
Speaker 3:So I I don't, yeah, I didn't see it on my side of the family, so I, I, I don't.
Speaker 12:Yeah, I didn't see it on my side necessarily.
Speaker 12:You know, my parents instilled in me a lot of things, but about you know, as far as biblically goes, the best thing they did was put me in a Christian school. That I will tell you. They put me in a Christian school. My mom had the the knowledge enough even though she wasn't at the time necessarily saved uh, to put me in a Christian school, and I thank God for that every day, because that foundation was vital. When I finally did actually get saved, all those things just flooded my brain and came back. It was like a tidal wave, wow.
Speaker 1:All those planted seeds right.
Speaker 12:Yeah, oh, they all started sprouting at one.
Speaker 1:That's amazing.
Speaker 12:And I remember, I remember, I remember feeling that, and, and you know, and now being a dad thinking about maybe God, you know, but God's Lord, being a grandfather one day.
Speaker 2:Grandfather or rapture.
Speaker 12:Rapture, tvd, tvd or rapture, uh yes, rap, just tbd, tbd. I think so much about the world, and I'm world, of your job as any. I'm sure you've heard this and I'm sure you could say a lot about this. But, um, you know that idea that I don't know grandma and grandpa are there to spoil the kids and to go opposite of what mom and dad say, and that's just that. Couldn't be further from the truth.
Speaker 1:That is a trend, yeah.
Speaker 12:It is a super trend and at least what I see as a grandparent is I need to back up. What would be my son or my daughter, I need to reinforce, and what would be my son or my daughter, I need to reinforce and not paint them. Oh, you know how your mom gets when you do that. No, hey, this is the rule and we need to follow it. Having that mentality, you know, it's so important, it's so subtle the world is oh, you gotta be a good grandparent.
Speaker 2:That's not being a good grandparent you know, even my take on this is like, even with the you know, the silly things like the treats and the getting to have extra stuff, I wish I could do that. I I love seeing my kids enjoy sweets on stuff, but you got, you know, you got to make sure they don't, you know, get into a sugar coma. So so you, you kind of know that's going to happen at grandparents' house. It's part of the grand plan, you know. And even there is like, yeah, we like our kids, you know. So it's even that silly part of it is not really going against the parents, it's. You know. There's kind of that unspoken rule like yeah, you know, come on. Yeah, grandma, give him an extra cookie, you know.
Speaker 8:It's awesome.
Speaker 12:Yeah, but we have to be careful, so I don't know. I'm sure Ileana has plenty to say. I'll stop talking to them, yes that's why.
Speaker 2:That's why she's here, part of it. Thank you, bro, all right.
Speaker 1:Chris, god bless, god bless. Yeah, definitely, I think that you know there is a place for a little spoiling, yes, but, grandparents, we have to understand that we are parents and that we are on the same team because we want the same best for those kids so good to hear from you, we can't we can't, uh, we can't undermine right oh, that, that's the word.
Speaker 1:No undermining so I it's funny because you were both talking about your grandparents. My grandmother grandmother was the one that brought me up. She was the one at home. My mother worked a ton and she my mother was a little bit of an absent mother, but my grandmother definitely made up for that and she was not a believer. She was Joey. She was four foot 10. And weighed 85 pounds, soaking wet. But the feistiest, most incredible human being wisdom beyond work ethic like you wouldn't believe. She was an amazing, strong woman and and I can remember her always, even though my mom was, I didn't realize my mom was not a great mom until I was an adult and a mom myself, because she never undermined my mom. So that's really important. It's really important.
Speaker 2:Incredible.
Speaker 1:All righty, so we have another call. Let's go ahead and see who is calling. Good morning, you are live for Jesus this morning. Where are you calling from? You are live for Jesus this morning when?
Speaker 8:are you calling from Miami? Good morning, good morning.
Speaker 11:Good morning what do you want to share with us about the influence of grandparents? Well, my mom was an absent mom and my grandmother and my great-grandmother lived together and raised me most of the time. Grandma was a Pentecostal Christian and my great-grandmother was Catholic, so that was really interesting to have them both living in the same house.
Speaker 10:Wow.
Speaker 11:Every other Sunday I would go to a Pentecostal church and the following Sunday a Catholic church, and then back and forth, until great-grandma wasn't able to go any longer due to her age. So my grandmother was a cancer survivor and she credited her recovery to Jesus and let me tell you, she spoke about the Lord all the time, took the church with her and she went as often as she could. That particular church had services on Tuesday night, thursday night, friday night, sunday morning and Sunday night. Wow.
Speaker 11:So we went to every one and it was mandatory, so I had no choice. But you know what I love her for it and it was great, it was great.
Speaker 2:I got to ask a follow-up question because and again, we don't have time this morning to get into the whole details of it. But and please correct me if I'm wrong, my brother, but you strayed away from the Lord in a season of your life and came back to the Lord. Would you say that some of that, or all of that, how much of that, do you attribute to grandma and that kind?
Speaker 11:of upbringing. A lot of it, all of it, probably because of you know, I've witnessed and I've seen things and grandma's told me things, but you know, as a a kid, you just don't take it seriously you know, you just hear it and you nod, nod, nod. But then when you go and you think back, you're like man.
Speaker 11:You know, she gave me the answer to the test a long time ago and and we just never listened and and you know it's it's it's sad in a way, because you know you feel like you wasted time. You wasted the time on things that were not of the Lord. You wasted time on building your relationship with God. You know, it's just, it's sad, but I am grateful that I'm here today, grateful for my grandmother and my great-grand. You know, they're wonderful ladies, they did a great job and I'm just so blessed. And I'm blessed that today I know where I'm supposed to be. Amen. What a great perspective.
Speaker 1:What a great influence, right, what a great influence. You know, he said a lot of it and then he corrected himself. He said, no, I owe all of it all of it to them.
Speaker 1:He corrected himself. He said no, I owe all of it, all of it to them because, yeah, they, they, they gave you that upbringing and they showed you that the Lord was, uh, was a priority and um, and now you, you, like you said, you had the answers to the test the whole time. Sometimes we have to fail a few tests before we realize the right way to go. So I'm so excited for your call, I'm so thankful that you had that godly grandma, that godly great grandma. What a legacy.
Speaker 11:And, prayerfully, when you are a grandfather, one day you will have that, those riches to pass on to your kids and grandkids amen well, the last thing I want to say I want to shout out to my wife because, uh, she was on the road and she was listening to godway radio. I was doing some tours here and I was not on the radio. And she's like, honey, you gotta get on the radio.
Speaker 1:So thank you, honey, for letting me know that's awesome, yes thank.
Speaker 11:So thank you, honey, for letting me know.
Speaker 1:That's awesome. Yes, thank you. Thank you for letting him know. God bless you guys. Have a wonderful rest of your day. Thank you for calling.
Speaker 11:Thank you, god bless you.
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Speaker 2:How did?
Speaker 1:that happen, joey, it's almost done.
Speaker 2:And I got stuff. I still want to share Ileana, but you're driving the spaceship, You're driving.
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Speaker 7:When I haven't seen the answer to my prayer. But I still believe there's a miracle to spare. You've got plans for me. You've got plans for me Greater than my wildest dreams, stronger than the enemy. You've got plans for me Greater than my wildest dreams Stronger than the enemy.
Speaker 2:You've got plans for me, hey, leanna man. Again, I could not have imagined how it was going to go this morning. Better than I imagined, truly. So we're talking about the influence of grandparents and again, we didn't have to belabor the point too much that you, you don't have to be a grandparent to call. Right, you can think of your grandparents or, as a parent, you know your grandparents if they're passed away, but even how, your parents interacting with, with their grandkids, all that, just anyone that would want to call, uh, or text and share about the influence of grandparents.
Speaker 2:But I just had some things here and it's tough because you, you want to hear the calls and the texts and then you have all the things you want to share and I don't know how you guys do this, you and Pastor Ez and Chris, I'm still learning from all of you. But, um, uh, you know one thing that I was mentioning, talking about the inheritance and the things you, you pick up from them. First of all, I want to give just a shout out. Somebody texted and they repeated that verse that you read earlier on in the program Proverbs 17, verse 6. Grandchildren are the crown of old men and the glory of children is their father. But you know, one of the things that I think I inherited, that I didn't even realize I inherited, was a love for taking in other kids and fostering adoption.
Speaker 2:I found out later in my life, I think it was in my adult life I found out that my grandfather on my dad's side was adopted from Mexico into the United States. Oh wow. So I think the story goes that his parents died and he had cousins in the United States and they took him in, and so it was within the family, but my birth name, if that wouldn't have transpired, would have been Quintana, but he was adopted by Alcalaz.
Speaker 1:Wow, look at that. So you didn't even know that was a thing.
Speaker 2:And it was amazing.
Speaker 1:You got plans for me. Oh yeah, you got plans for me. It is 7.49 and we have a call. Joey, let's go ahead and take this one. Good morning, you are live for Jesus. Can you tell us where you're calling from?
Speaker 10:South Miami.
Speaker 1:Hi South Miami, Good morning. So tell us what you think on the topic the influence of grandparents.
Speaker 8:So tell us what you think on the topic.
Speaker 10:The influence of grandparents. So I had a real, real interesting experience with that one. I didn't really have grandparents growing up, but one thing that I did learn, 30 years old now my whole life I've always looked for that grandparent figure and it's bringing me around a lot of interesting people in my life and people who've been able to help me in certain situations. Uh, and I think it's been a real big push because since I didn't have that, just always looking for that kind of stuff uh made me feel good. You know, there was people out there in the world that even though I didn't have it, they were still willing to push it forward, you know.
Speaker 1:That's amazing. So you were looking for an older person to pour into you, an older person with wisdom, maybe for advice and stuff like that. Is that what you mean?
Speaker 10:Yeah, correct. And another thing too is like just, I've always had that respect for older people. You know that everybody always has that stigma, like oh, just so, you know, just, my grandma Don't mind them. Or my grandpa, but for me it was like you know what does he have to say? Yes, it was like us at once. You know, they had dreams, they were kids, they had their experiences. So that's how people are made, you know, that's amazing.
Speaker 2:That's wisdom, man, that's wisdom.
Speaker 10:Actually hold on. I love hearing this. You're actually pulling up to me right now. Hey, ricky here, say hi. This is like a radio station.
Speaker 2:Hello, Mr Ricky. This is God's Way Radio. We just want to thank you for.
Speaker 10:They were asking about grandparents. We want to thank you for being a grandparent to this young man.
Speaker 2:Sir, if I may ask, put you on the spot. How old are you?
Speaker 11:I'm 61.
Speaker 2:61. And what have you been able to share with this young man?
Speaker 10:Excuse me, I'm sorry, I can't hear you.
Speaker 12:What have you been able to share with this young man from your years and experience? A better life a good life. Good. Better living. A better understanding.
Speaker 2:Better understanding man. That's awesome, guys. We have more calls coming in, but this was so great, so grateful. We hope to hear from both of you again soon, okay, amen.
Speaker 10:It's a pleasure. You have a great day, man.
Speaker 1:Thank you so much, you too God bless you.
Speaker 2:Wow, what a cool phone call.
Speaker 1:What a cool call. I wonder if he was a first-time caller.
Speaker 2:I'm not sure.
Speaker 1:I wonder, I wonder I was going to ask, but hopefully he'll call again. All Good morning you are. Live for Jesus. Can you tell us where you're calling from? From Kendall, good morning, kendall, good morning.
Speaker 6:Tell us about grandparenting, grandparents and the influence of those grandparents. Well, I mean, I've had, like you know, off and on my whole story is like whatever but something that I learned from one set of my grandparents. It's not really a godly thing but it does help my godly marriage. So they were very united Like. My grandfather apparently looked at my grandma in Cuba when she was like 13 walking down the street. He said you see that girl out there, I'm going to marry her.
Speaker 6:Wow, he did Look at that and they were together through, like you know, all the communism coming over here the whole nine yards. And when we got married they were really, really excited and that was beautiful because you know, I got married very quickly to my husband and I just remember, like looking at their marriage and seeing they were like two little birds together all the time, they'd make all the decisions together and it was just like it was really beautiful. And early on in our marriage they would take us out to eat and they would tell us like remember, like you guys together, you guys together, you guys together. That's amazing.
Speaker 1:What wisdom right I?
Speaker 6:do remember that. Yeah, you know, I do remember that. And then my other grandmother, when she was getting Alzheimer's, she was very, very, very, very Catholic, very, very Catholic. All I remember of her was just like the love of Virgin Mary. It was like my whole life. But as she got older and into this Alzheimer's she would talk more about Jesus and when I would spend time with her we would just talk about Jesus and the heart of Jesus and I just remember like pouring that into her and it was interesting because I was younger. You know I'm her grandchild but I just remember like really, really, really making it my focus to somehow reach in her brain like the love of Jesus, right, and I learned from her a lot of things. I always tell everybody I loved growing up a Roman Catholic because it was like a lot of I learned the fear of God. I learned the healthy fear of God. Like I learned reverence. I learned you know how to just like really approach the throne with. You know a lot of respect. There's so much there.
Speaker 2:You know it reminds me of, I had a tia, my mom's aunt, so like a great aunt, who she listened to two or three masses a day on the radio. And I love what you said about the influence of grandparents. How that's old school thinking what is it? If it's broke, you fix it, you don't throw it away, which is so new school, my sister, we have somebody else on the line.
Speaker 1:God bless you. Thank you so much for calling.
Speaker 9:God bless you. Thank you so much for calling, god bless. We go to the next phone call. Where are you calling us from today?
Speaker 1:Oh hi, I'm on my way to South Miami Heights right now. Good morning, south Miami Heights, it's so great to hear your voice.
Speaker 9:So tell me, fellow grandma, the influence of grandparents.
Speaker 9:Well, I just had to call. I mean, the Lord just put it on my heart I am, I'm a grandma, yeah, but I'm calling about my grandma because, um, even though my grandmother's passed away, uh, years and years ago, she was for me like a harbor of safety and my mom had gone through a divorce when I was very young. I was like, I guess, two years old when my parents divorced and from that time, because my mom had to go to work, my mom, my grandmother, basically raised me. I mean, I really I lived in my grandmother's house. I really did not go home to my mom, she just kept me, but it, it, she set um boundaries, she set routines for me, um, she pretty much made me who I am. You know the discipline in my life, the, the, my character, my a lot of. In fact, after seven, when I came to the United States, I lived with my mom and many times my mom would tell me whose daughter are you?
Speaker 9:You're nothing like me and I was thinking I guess I'm like Nima with my grandmother, you know, because she just set a quiet, orderly lifestyle of wake up, go to school, do your homework, just those simple things, but so needed because the, you know, divorce can cause chaos in a child's life. So I just encourage grandparents out there, if you are raising your grandchildren, the Lord has put you there to be their safe harbor. So I just encourage you, you know, do the best you can, that's beautiful, that's so beautiful.
Speaker 1:Thank you so much for calling this morning and I love those fond memories that you have of like living at her house.
Speaker 2:It was like that was your house, very similar to what you were sharing very similar.
Speaker 1:My parents divorced when I was two, except that my grandmother lived with with with us, um, uh, but yeah, and, and she was, yeah, just like you more my mom than my mom was yeah, so yeah it's, it's, uh, it's very similar, very similar, just that day-to-day influence. And you know how kids spell love, don't you? T-i-m-e. Yeah.
Speaker 1:You know it's giving them time. So often, you know, you hear that, oh, it's about quality time and yeah, it's fun to go fly a kite at the park one day and get a good picture for your social media, but but having quantity of time with them on the daily, like you said, you know you get home from school, you put on your play clothes, you do your homework, you, you have a disciplined life. That that's where the influence happens, and so I appreciate your call so much.
Speaker 2:And I could say that this is one of the best grandmothers ever.
Speaker 1:Ever, ever, I know.
Speaker 2:I know she's top tier.
Speaker 1:She is. She is my goals, goals right there. Love you, mima.
Speaker 2:Thank you so?
Speaker 1:much for calling God bless. Have a beautiful day All righty, you too.
Speaker 8:You too. God bless you. It is 7.59. We have seconds left.
Speaker 2:I got to read this Bible verse and I'll let you close the program because with everything, with anything in life, there's going to be a Bible verse for it, and you know this. But I got to read this one when I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which first dwelt in your grandmother, lewis, and in your mother, eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also.
Speaker 1:You know that guy Timothy from the Bible. It was his grandma that started it. It was. That is amazing. Thank you, joey, for that reminder. Thank you guys for listening. You are listening to Live for Jesus so that you can live for Jesus. So join us tomorrow again. Pastor Raz will be back right here.
Speaker 2:With a special guest. I hear.
Speaker 1:Okay, with a special guest right here on God's Way Radio.