In a trip to east Tennessee last week for an aunt’s funeral, I was reminded of the heritage of a praying grandmother.

Talking with my cousins and my sisters, we all noted our grandmother as a primary foundational guiding spiritual light in our lives.  She died more than 25 years ago at age 84, but all of us have clear memories of her prayers.

Grandmother was a slight, frail gentle little lady.  But, she was a giant prayer warrior.   Each of us has specific memories of her praying for us.  We remember her in church – in a pew close to the front where she could talk back to the preacher.  We remember her at her home reading her big Bible in her spare time.  We remember her doing laundry on her wringer washer.  We remember her cooking in her kitchen.  And, in all of those settings, the little cabinet radio was always broadcasting the Rev. Mull Gospel Hour.  I’m not sure how at her house, it was always time for the Rev. Mull Gospel Hours, but I’m pretty sure that or some preacher would always be on her radio or it would not be on at all.

Many of us, as we went off to college, war, or wherever back in those years, knew that no matter where we were, Grandmother was praying for us.  It was a given – she was praying daily for each of her 14 grandchildren.  Those prayers guided us in those days and they thrust us out into the world with an armor of protection.

She was a simple woman.  She did not take to advances of science or modern conveniences.  But, she was God’s blessing to each of us.

Who is your prayer warrior?  Who’s prayer warrior are you?  People may not remember much about you 25 years from now.  But, the best think they can remember about you is your prayer power.

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