We have a granddaughter who did not want to stay at the table when we said grace. She would excuse herself and return after we prayed. Her parents would often joke about “the little heathen”, but hearing the word ‘heathen’ only made me pray for her all the more.
Recently when we all came to the table, this same one asked if she could pray for dinner. Her prayer was the most moving and sincere prayer. It was uniquely hers and precious. It was also an answer to prayer.
“All the persons belonging to Jacob, who came to Egypt, his direct descendants, not including the wives of Jacob’s sons, were sixty-six persons in all, and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt were two; all the persons of the house of Jacob, who came to Egypt, were seventy.” (Genesis 46:26-27, NASB)
All of Jacob’s people, his family, traveled with him to Egypt. Much like Jacob, I am traveling through my life. In actuality, I am more than half-way there. My children are now raised, and there are grandchildren.
There have been many a time, my own two children have heard me say, “If one day I stand before the Lord and they are also not present before His throne, nothing else done in this life will have mattered.”
“I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.”
(3 John 4, NASB)
My desire for my children, and now my grandchildren, is for each of them to know and pursue God. I think Jacob knew the feeling as well.
Won’t you join me at Woman to Woman Ministries HERE as we discuss praying for our future generations.
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