“Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your children's children."
I love this word from Deuteronomy so much! The imagery it creates of a passel of children, gathered around their grandparent, listening in rapt attention to the stories and tales of the past is wonderful. Sadly this is something we seem to be missing today. Our culture puts little value in the seasoned wisdom of previous generations and we are losing the stories of days gone by and subsequently the sagacity they so richly contain. There is no arena more poignantly affected than that of faith. Records of God's rich and abundant work in previous generations has departed from our hearts. Truly a travesty!
Yesterday we celebrated mom's 70th birthday. Sorry, Mom! Your age is a matter of public record anyway... :) Imagine that! Seven decades of walking on this planet. However the length of her days thus far does little to reflect the richness or breadth of her life. She lives quietly, unassuming even, but what a huge impact Gma has had on those fortunate enough to know her. This is especially true in the lives of her grandchildren, our kids. What a remarkable inheritance to hear your grandmother pray, or watch her study Scripture or witness her attempt to apply Truth to every day decisions. For the last two, nearly three years, our five had been blessed to experience that on a firsthand, daily level. G'ma has made the things her eyes have seen known to her children and her children's children. What a heritage!
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