sage
Friday July 20th 2007, 18:15
Filed under: blogging

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?”

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I love your grandfather.

Comment by Melissa 07.20.07 @ 18:21

The details here are intriguing, especially the name Ramses and the foot references…and the snake. Cool.

Comment by Angie 07.20.07 @ 18:39

I like that! I really do.

Comment by Michael C 07.21.07 @ 1:04

You can flat out write.

Comment by Stephen Tiano 07.21.07 @ 3:31

there sure AIN’T another man like’em!

Comment by steph 07.21.07 @ 13:04

No wonder you loved him so.

Comment by hattigrace 07.21.07 @ 16:40

That is BEAUTIFUL !

Comment by Appletini 07.21.07 @ 23:17

I loved that!! And it came right at the perfect time for me.

Comment by brandy 07.21.07 @ 23:49

Nothing like their wisdom, is there :) .

Comment by ChickyBabe 07.23.07 @ 8:45

wise words, indeed.

Comment by texasgurl 07.23.07 @ 13:24

Double True.

Comment by David 07.23.07 @ 17:58

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Pingback by Dizzy Girl 08.04.07 @ 4:35

Your grandfather had an admirable outlook.
~S :)

Comment by Shephard 08.08.07 @ 19:48



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