Just a little over two years ago, Shirley and I moved from NW Indiana to the Seattle-Tacoma area to be near our daughter, son, daughter-in-law and our three granddaughters. When we moved, our grands were 6, 4, and 2. What a great age to begin loving them in person!
Living Out the Gospel with the Next Generation
When I think of grandparenting, I think of living out the gospel with the next generation. Shirley and I pray for God’s strength to actively love our granddaughters so we can show them a small taste of Christ’s infinite, eternal grace-love.
Psalm 78:2-7 is one passage that I think about when I ponder the calling of Christian grandparents.
2 “I will open my mouth with a parable;
I will utter hidden things, things from of old—
3 things we have heard and known,
things our ancestors have told us.
4 We will not hide them from their descendants;
we will tell the next generation
the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord,
his power, and the wonders he has done.
5 He decreed statutes for Jacob
and established the law in Israel,
which he commanded our ancestors
to teach their children,
6 so the next generation would know them,
even the children yet
