Chronic Joy® Content Coordinator and Prayer Team
A grandmother, but young at heart, Gayl loves exploring creativity through writing, poetry, nature photography, art, crocheting, and piano. She loves coffee, tea, chocolate, and jeans. Gayl has been married to Steve for nearly 50 years. They have 7 children, a daughter-in-law, 2 sons-in-law, and 14 grands, some with chronic illness and one son now with Jesus. Always learning, she desires to know God better, glorify Him, and encourage others.
Anything that helps another person can be a gentle touch of kindness - praying, smiling, sending an encouraging note or text. There are many instances in the Bible where Jesus used a gentle touch - in healing, blessing children, comforting.
It surprised everyone, especially some people who had been feeling sleepy. It certainly enlivened the service with some unexpected humor.
Then Jesus took each one of the children, and laying His hands on them, He blessed them. How gently, how kindly, and how tenderly he treated them! What a joy to this mother’s heart to see how much He loved the children! What a lesson to us as parents to love our children, never to push them aside.
For the believer, death leads to new birth and a life through all eternity with Jesus as well as those loved ones who have gone before.
