mable and lucille

mable rose and lucille are my maternal and my husband's paternal grandmothers respectively. we cannot thank God enough times and in enough ways for their influence in our lives and especially for their prayers for us.  the effective, fervent prayer of a righteous (wo)man availeth much (james 5:16).

my mother's mother, mable, died december 1996 at the age of 98 1/2 here in arkansas. lucille, del's dad's mother, lives in fresno california. she'll be 99 in 1.09.  she's given us a scare and is in the hospital as i write. first thought to have pneumonia, it was only a mild heart attack. she should be home for thanksgiving, God willing. (amen.)

BOTH of these incredible women of faith are the prayer warriors in our lives.  lucille, granma, tells the story of having prayed for my husband since before his birth, for his salvation, and for whom he would marry. (he was raised in an unbelieving family and snuck out to the shed to read the king james bible he received from the gideons at school tho he didn't come to Christ until he was 17.) (our son is named after lucille's wonderful husband, btw.) mable, my granny, once fasted for 40 days for the salvation of her children (14 of them, 12 lived to adulthood) and 55 grandchildren. (i became a believer at age 10 in an unbelieving household, too.) 

what a legacy of faith and prayer mable and lucille have left us. i do not even qualify to stand near their shadows. (except thru scripture alone, thru faith alone, thru grace alone, thru Christ alone, thru His glory alone.)