sage

The best advice I ever got came from my grandfather. A barefoot boy named Ramses who found God somewhere between the footwashers and the snake handlers and managed to keep Him in spite of it all.

Pa once told me, with all the conviction of a man who knows, what he didn’t know.

“I don’t know how God speaks to somebody else. I only know how he speaks to me. No Sir. There’s none of us knows what The Lord says to another. And as long as we don’t know, how can we say we do? How can I judge a fellow man when I ain’t no more than a man myself?”

12 Responses to “sage”

1. Melissa says:

   20 July, 2007 at 18:21

   I love your grandfather.
2. Angie says:

   20 July, 2007 at 18:39

   The details here are intriguing, especially the name Ramses and the foot references…and the snake. Cool.
3. Michael C says:

   21 July, 2007 at 1:04

   I like that! I really do.
4. Stephen Tiano says:

   21 July, 2007 at 3:31

   You can flat out write.
5. steph says:

   21 July, 2007 at 13:04

   there sure AIN’T another man like’em!
6. hattigrace says:

   21 July, 2007 at 16:40

   No wonder you loved him so.
7. Appletini says:

   21 July, 2007 at 23:17

   That is BEAUTIFUL !
8. brandy says:

   21 July, 2007 at 23:49

   I loved that!! And it came right at the perfect time for me.
9. ChickyBabe says:

   23 July, 2007 at 8:45

   Nothing like their wisdom, is there .
10. texasgurl says:

    23 July, 2007 at 13:24

    wise words, indeed.
11. David says:

    23 July, 2007 at 17:58

    Double True.
12. Dizzy Girl says:

    4 August, 2007 at 4:35

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13. Shephard says:

    8 August, 2007 at 19:48

    Your grandfather had an admirable outlook.
    ~S