Grandparents are tough and know the secrets of life
“But I am retired,
I have done it all,”
Vacation Bible School, Wednesday Suppers, Deacon Boards, consistory, elder,
visitations, ushering, nursery, cleaning the sanctuary, “I am tired. Let the young ones do it now.” Dearest Grandmother,
Grandfather, Abuela, Abuelo, Grootmoeder, Grootvader, Babcia, Nana, Pappous,
YiaYia, Halaboji, Obachan, and Grand-pere no one retires from being a Christian
grandparent.
Grandparents
today are too tough, smart, and active to become “ineffective and unproductive.” We have crossed oceans as teenagers
to start new lives in foreign countries, we have fought and won wars, we have
broken down racial barriers, we have started businesses, built churches, lived
through depression, floods, births, deaths, job losses, poverty, successes, and
life before computers. And through it all we have learned the real secret of
living a successful life. We must now assemble together to tell this secret to
our grandchildren.
We
have learned as we have walked with Christ throughout the joys and difficulties
of our life experiences that “His divine power has given us everything we need
for life” (2 Peter 1:3 NIV). And “for that reason, make every effort to add to
your faith goodness; and to goodness knowledge, and to knowledge, self-control;
and to self-control, perseverance, and to perseverance, godliness; and to
godliness, brotherly kindness and to brotherly kindness love. For if you
possess these qualities in increasing measure they will keep you from being
ineffective and unproductive”
(2 Peter 1:5-7 NIV).
Throughout the Scriptures God has given us
many examples of older men and women mentoring, nurturing, praying, teaching,
and imparting their Biblical based wisdom to the younger generations. Mary, the
mother of Jesus, spent six months with Elizabeth, her older cousin, Priscilla
and
Think about starting a Team Grandparents in your home church - join with other grandparents - protecting our grandchildren through prayer.
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