Showers of Blessings

When was the last time you felt the Lord send showers of blessings on you? The Lord constantly sends us showers of blessings, and many times we don’t even recognize them.

He uses other people to bless us, and He also uses us to pour down showers of blessings on other people.

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Blessings Through Stories

Hearing my grandmother (Grace) tell her life stories was one of my favorite things. I loved hearing them so much that I got her to write several stories down for me. We were trying to get all of them recorded in her voice, but we had a little mishap along the way.

We met one morning to record some of the stories she had written down for me. I gave her the hand-held tape recorder and away we went. Every time someone would call, she would pause it to talk to them, we would have our own conversation, and then we would get started again – until the next interruption.

Hours later, when we were completely finished, we discovered that she had gotten off track somewhere along the way. She had accidentally paused the recording during her stories and recorded all of the outside conversations. 😂

As disappointed as we both were, it really turned out to be one of those blessings the Lord showered down on me. Unfortunately, she passed away before we were able to get them recorded in her voice, but I now have her hand-written stories and a recording of hours of our conversations! Showers of Blessings!

Legacy Blessings

My grandmother has been gone from this earth for many years, and yet these stories live on for me and also for the people I share them with. I highly encourage you to reach out to family members and listen to their stories. What a blessing they are!

You may be the grandparent in the family. You might be surprised to know that your family is interested in your story. Bless them!

It doesn’t have to be fancy or expensive.

• This little red spiral notebook holds treasures of a time when I loaded up Granny Grace and my kids, and we drove around seeing all the places Granny lived and where she grew up. We visited schools, stores, churches, cemeteries, and random places. It was a lot of fun!
• I bought this “Grandmother Remembers” book for her to fill out, but she was afraid she would mess it up. Instead, she wrote out her stories on paper, which I still have. These are the stories I used to make the book, “Granny’s Treasures.” You can read more about it in the post, How to Preserve and Pass Down Your Family History.
• The last picture is the recording of the stories and conversations with Granny. A friend from church recorded them on a CD for me, and I have them downloaded on my phone. Priceless showers of blessings!

If you are looking for something like the “Grandmother Remembers” book, here is a link to a similar book:

Grandmother, I Want to Hear Your Story

Legacy of Blessings Through Showers

One of the things I could say about my grandmother was that she loved blessing others with showers! It didn’t matter if they were bridal showers or baby showers, she was involved.

I cannot tell you how many times she called me about going to a shower, and I literally had no idea who the person was. She would explain that it was a certain person’s sister’s great-niece’s cousin, or something like that. I just usually went along with it. I hate to admit it, but I did not share her excitement.

One day as she was sharing one of her stories with me, I understood why she loved showers so much. She was a teenager/young adult during the Great Depression, and her parents struggled to provide for their family. They certainly didn’t have money for every bridal or baby shower that came along, so she didn’t get to attend.

She told me many times about her not getting to go to the showers. It was a really big deal for her. Once she got married and was able to afford things on her own, giving and attending showers for others was a top priority to her; she was blessed by them.

I cannot imagine all of the people she blessed with a shower or by attending a shower throughout her lifetime. What a legacy of blessings!

A Cycle of Blessings

What an honor it is to have the Lord shower blessings upon us! Just like with my grandmother, many times He showers us with those blessing by allowing us to be a blessing to others. Granny truly loved blessing others. It was one of her God given gifts, and the Lord allowed her to do that throughout her life!

We may not be called to host every bridal or baby shower that comes along, but there are so many ways to “shower blessings” on others. What is your specialty of blessing?

If you are not sure how you can be a blessing, read, “Who Did You Bless Today?” There are several practical ideas in this post.

By being a blessing to others, we will be bless as well as them. There will be a full cycle of blessings!

Scriptures – Showers of Blessings

Song

This is an obvious song but such a good one, and you will never guess who is singing it – “Showers of Blessings” sung by Willie Nelson!

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Here are some of the blessings the Lord has showered on me. See them in this Thanksgiving post.

Please share the Lord’s showers of blessings that you have experienced. Let us all rejoice in each other’s blessings!

Until next time,

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