I just got off of the phone with my oldest son, making arrangements to snag my middle granddaughter for the weekend, leaving him and my grandson to escape the heat doing guy things.
As my children and I age, I have begun to see the natural evolution that happens, I seem to have become smaller, and my children seem more significant! They tend to hover over me these days rather than me hovering over them! I am blessed as I know the older and smaller I become in age, I will be cared for gently.
Exodus 20:12 ESV “Honor your father and mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.”
Proverbs 22:6 ESV “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.”
The blessings continue, however, because I am a grandma! To wear this title means we have put in our years of hard work and labor. We have earned and have been awarded the golden years where life is a bit slower and much more relaxed. A time where we have the time to sit and listen to the tales of the next generation, to smile as we see their faces reflecting the faces of our own.
Proverbs 16:31 ESV “Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life.”
Proverbs 17:6 ESV “Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of the children is their fathers.”
I raised my children in the ways of the Lord. The jewels in my crown of age are to watch my children raising their children in the ways of the Lord, and so the generations will continue to follow!
What lessons are you teaching? What examples are you setting? What legacy are you leaving? Thoughts to ponder!
I pray for you a blessed day! And as always thank you for joining me. 🥰
Sunshine On My Shoulder 