I can’t remember the last time we all sat in front of the television and laughed together into the early hours of the morning. That is until this past Christmas when watching home movies with the in-laws during in Kansas provided hours of entertainment for the whole family. We watched as baby Paige captivated her parents’ attention. We laughed at sweet Morgan’s interaction with her big sister. And we rooted on as little Drew took his first steps, fell down, and picked himself up again. But none of these precious moments would be recorded without parents who were involved and invested deeply in their children’s lives from day one.
I am so thankful for the parents God gave to both me and Paige. What I see through these home movies, and memories of my own home life, is parents who love, teach, encourage, and correct their children. Most importantly, I see them pointing their children to Jesus. This is why all of their children know Christ in a personal, saving way today: Because God used these two sets of parents to bring young sinners to faith in Jesus.
I am so thankful for the parents God gave to both me and Paige. What I see through these home movies, and memories of my own home life, is parents who love, teach, encourage, and correct their children. Most importantly, I see them pointing their children to Jesus. This is why all of their children know Christ in a personal, saving way today: Because God used these two sets of parents to bring young sinners to faith in Jesus.
Another thought came to mind as I reflected on those decades-old videos: Our parents will make amazing grandparents.
There's the old schoolyard rhyme that most of us recall:
"...First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the baby in the baby carriage"
Isn’t that the natural order of things? Years ago our grandparents married and had our parents. They raised them, married them off, and our parents had us. Our parents cared for us and then married us off. So now it’s our turn. Right?
All in God's timing.
I can't wait for God to bless us with children and simultaneously bless our parents with grandchildren. I know how deeply they would love grandchildren. While both sets of our parents are so caring and patient and sensitive to our present situation, it doesn't change the fact that they would love to be grandparents today if the Lord would bless them that way. And until then, we are thankful for parents who suffer with us, who truly put empathy into practice as they pray and encourage and point us to Jesus. Even still.
~ David
All in God's timing.
I can't wait for God to bless us with children and simultaneously bless our parents with grandchildren. I know how deeply they would love grandchildren. While both sets of our parents are so caring and patient and sensitive to our present situation, it doesn't change the fact that they would love to be grandparents today if the Lord would bless them that way. And until then, we are thankful for parents who suffer with us, who truly put empathy into practice as they pray and encourage and point us to Jesus. Even still.
~ David
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