As far as I know my grandparents had no Social Security or Medicare. They saved their money and invested in real estate. They lived on what they earned. I think both grandmothers had only 2 or 3 dresses. Both grandfathers had one suit and maybe 2 sets of work clothes. I had a psychology prof in college who wore the same suit every day. Back in the day there were no credit cards. When my grandfather on my mother’s side passed away, my great aunt moved in with my grandmother, and they shared the expenses. Of course the house was paid for.
I would say that both sets of grandparents were God fearing people. They depended on God to provide-- not the government.
On Whom do you depend? By God's grace we have never missed a meal!
II Kings 4:1-7 Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord, but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.” 2 And Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me; what have you in the house?” And she said, “Your servant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil.” 3 Then he said, “Go outside, borrow vessels from all your neighbors, empty vessels and not too few. 4 Then go in and shut the door behind yourself and your sons and pour into all these vessels. And when one is full, set it aside.” 5 So she went from him and shut the door behind herself and her sons. And as she poured they brought the vessels to her. 6 When the vessels were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another vessel.” And he said to her, “There is not another.” Then the oil stopped flowing. 7 She came and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on the rest.”
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