Okay, I’m about to share a truth with you which you may not
want to think about. Ready??? Here it is . . . you are not getting any younger.
No matter how much you try to fool the mirror, the truth is, you are not
getting any younger – neither am I.
And, neither are our grandchildren.
Why do I mention this, you ask? For one reason; because it is
the truth. If we do not understand and accept the truth, we can not act upon
it. And this is an important truth we must act upon.
How???
Well, since we are not getting any younger and our
grandchildren are not getting any younger, it truly matters what we do to pass
on our faith. For us, we must redeem the days. We must make the most of every
opportunity to help our grandchildren understand how very much God loves them
and how they can love Him back. We are not guaranteed a tomorrow, so what we
say and do today really does matter. It matters if children have grandparents
who point them to Jesus. It matters if children have grandparents who model
what it looks like to love Jesus and grow closer to Him. It matters if children
have grandparents who show the joy of Jesus in good – and difficult – times.
And, since our grandchildren are not getting any younger, it
truly matters if we are sharing Jesus with them, now. Most people make the
decision to follow Jesus between the ages of four and thirteen . . . just nine
short years. Years which are gone in a heartbeat – or at least it seems like
it. We can not afford to put off pointing our grandchildren to Jesus – they are
not getting any younger.
So, inconvenient or not, we need to focus on what really
matters and be good stewards of the time we have left – whether it be short or
long – and be serious about passing on a heritage of faith to our grandchildren
– now!
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