But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him,
and his righteousness to children’s children, Psalms 103:17
May you see your children’s children! Psalms 128:6
Children are a blessing. Grandchildren are a GRAND blessing. Legacy. “Oh Lord – that you would provide us a legacy.” In Him are all good things. He is the Maker, Designer, and the One who blesses the womb and it’s fruit. Many never get to see or experience their legacy. Blessed is that person who is given the opportunity to see their legacy. I think of Anna and Simeon (Luke 2) and the blessing of seeing / meeting their ‘salvation’ in a child / Jesus.
The potential of … an individual life! Such promise! God our Designer has plans for His Creation and for YOU specifically! Will we decide to align our wills to His? Will we allow Him to show us the way we should go? “Father guide us, bless us with Your Presence.”
The power of prayer. I heard many stories of the impact on the lives of individuals who had praying grandparents. Oh my heart is heavy as the enemy wants so badly to destroy the family and extended family in a person’s life. And yet there are so many dysfunctional families, who have no wisdom “in the Lord”, and can be detrimental to a person’s health.
Blessed are the families who honor God and live out their faith in boldness and works. Blessed are those families who have spiritually mature elders who have wisdom and love to impart to the generations below them. God’s plan from the beginning was to have legacy families. The family of God need to have children.
Don’t you see that children are God’s best gift?
the fruit of the womb his generous legacy?
Like a warrior’s fistful of arrows
are the children of a vigorous youth.
Oh, how blessed are you parents,
with your quivers full of children!
Your enemies don’t stand a chance against you;
you’ll sweep them right off your doorstep. Psalms 127:3-5 MSG
“Father fill us up with Your blessings of children and grandchildren.
Expand our hearts! Establish Your legacy within us! We pray for Your mighty angels to watch over those precious souls in our family!”