The Next Generation

It has been a while. I cannot believe that February was the last time I wrote on this blog. I still have been reading the Bible faithfully but the blogging has fallen by the wayside. It has been convicting me lately that I have not been doing it. I have been hearing things lately about letting your talents and gifts show more for Christ and bring him glory. I have always felt like I could not go out and hand out tracts and things. The kids take up a lot of time and it just seems impossible at this stage in my life. Whenever I do go out I try and be a good witness for Christ. Yesterday I heard a sermon about this exact thing. The thing that popped into my head was my writing. It truly is a gift as the words seem to flow. I have had so many people tell me that what I wrote was a blessing to them. That is humbling and scary at the same time. I have always struggled with this being an issue of pride. I don't want it to appear to be boastful. I truly give all glory to God as I can do nothing on my own. So, even though I can't go out and witness the way a single person can or a retired person can or even a couple with older children can, I can write. As long as The Lord blesses me with the ability to put my thoughts into the written word then I will continue to record them. That kind of relates to what I read last night in Psalm.
Psalm 78 is all a cry to share the faith with the next generation. We need to be sharing what we have learned in Christ with the next generation, That is one of the reasons I do blog. I want my children to look back and see how I have grown in The Lord. I want them to see how he provided in the hard times and how wonderfully he has blessed us. The Lord commands us to teach our children. It is not the job of Sunday School teachers or Christian School teachers or friends to teach my children the ways of The Lord . It is Carl's responsibility and mine. Period. I want to be honest with my children that this Christian life is not without struggles. It is hard. But I want them to know that without a doubt He is right there with us. He never leaves us and everything He allows in our life is for our good and His glory.
My mom had a brain tumor a few years ago and she lost some of her memory. My father at 72 years old has also started to forget things. My mom for Christmas a few years ago filled a huge box with memories from our childhood. She wrote in a journal things she remembered from our childhood years. She challenged us girls (my 2 sister and myself) to start recording the memories of our children. She said that there will be a day when we want to recall those moments and cannot. She said she wished she had recorded the things we did as children. A lot of those memories are gone now. I want the next generation to remember the blessings of The Lord. That is what Psalm 78 is all about. Making sure the next generation remembers who Christ is and what he has done and what he will do.

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