GrittyGod

At GrittyGod.com, I write to the older woman who is adjusting to the unique changes and challenges old age has brought to her. (Altered health, caregiving of spouse or parents, widowhood or late in life divorce–to name a few.)


I help her become aware of the hope she finds in Christ,
as she places her confident assurance in the person and promises of God,
realizing this isn’t the final chapter of her story.

**Although the blog is up, not all of it is fully connected. All the posts from 2025 and earlier are not connected to links or categories. Once they are, they will have new dates on them.
I have one series re-done that will come out weekly. I have some other posts that I will tuck in here and there. I also have a new series I hope to start soon. Probably won’t get it started until after my vacation in August.

Category: CHANGE

  • GROWING AS A PASTOR’S WIFE: RELATING TO THE PEOPLE IN YOUR CHURCH…

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    Relating to people in your church needs a vulnerable spirit that can only come from GOD. You remember the pain of rejection, good-bye’s, being excluded. #pastorswife #churchpeople #churchulture #marthagrimmbrady #healthyrelationships Read more

  • BIBLE IN 90 DAYS: WEEK 9…

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    Another week has flown by and I’m ready to start week 9 of 13 weeks (90 days) of reading the Bible in 90 Days.  Wow!  The time is flying by.  This past week, I’ve been finishing II Kings and II Chronicles as well as reading most of Jeremiah, Nahum, Zephaniah, Daniel, and starting Ezekiel.  That’s… Read more

  • FIVE MINUTE FRIDAY: RUNNING THE RACE…

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    Five Minute Friday has rolled around once again!  In fact, it rolled around too fast for me. I had a longer than usual Wednesday post that I couldn’t seem to get whittled down enough!  I bit off more than I could chew on that one!  I hope to make it up next week after I… Read more

  • BIBLE IN 90 DAYS: WEEK 8…

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    Pardon me, I’m a little out of breath!  I’ve been racing to catch up all week on my readings.  It’s Sunday and I am caught up to today.  I got more behind than I thought.  I think it got to 3, maybe 4 days.  I thought I would never catch up!  But I’m almost there!… Read more

  • HOW CAN YOU ENCOURAGE YOUR PASTOR? BE AN ENCOURAGING PLACE FOR HIS WIFE!…

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    Photo by Karl Fredrickson on Unsplash In honor of Pastor Appreciation Month, I’d like to pass on some things I have learned, from my perspective about growth, friendship and community…for a pastor’s wife. First of all, there is no such creature as a “perfect pastor’s wife” in the sense I often hear it used. The… Read more

  • BIBLE IN 90 DAYS: WEEK 7…

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    It is hard to believe that I’m getting ready to start week 7 of this series of chronological readings!  Wow!  By the time I write here next week, I’ll be 1/2 finished.  I really should celebrate for sure! I have made it through the Pentateuch, traveled to the Promised Land after wandering for 40 years… Read more

  • SPIRITUAL MOTHERING: WHO IS IT FOR?

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    I love the way God gives us commands that are so easily misinterpreted by us, but when taken to heart, can be started right away.  Here is a prime example. “Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine.   They are to teach what is good and… Read more

  • GOD, YOUR STEADFAST LOVE IS GOOD…

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    Psalm 69 reminds us that God loves us abundantly with His steadfast love. #Psalm69 #Godsabundantsteadfastlove Read more

  • BIBLE IN 90 DAYS: WEEK 6…

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    I’m now ready to start week 6 of our 90 day tour of the Bible in 90 Days. Much of this week has been taken up reading Psalms.  Not all of them of course, but in order to be chronological, they are psalms of David. Early in the week, we finished the life of David.  David… Read more

  • I’LL FLY AWAY O GLORY…

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    Today we went to a funeral.  It was a really great funeral, as funerals go.  The woman who died was slightly older than I am.  I met her shortly after we moved to Tyler from Miami, FL. Over time, her oldest daughter and my second daughter became very close.  Often, my daughter was invited to… Read more