What Legacy Are You Leaving....

Yes....for those of you that don't know...this is our grandson, Matthan. On the day that he arrived in this world I remember wandering what legacy he would leave. His name is taken from the 1st chapter of Matthew, from the genealogy of Jesus. Joseph the husband of Mary, Jacob the father of Joseph and Matthan the father of Jacob. What a legacy.....we watch as he begins to grow into the man that God created him to be. He's so small now, soon to be 2 and his little life is only beginning. But his story is taking shape already. If only we could turn back the hands of time....if only we could of archived each step of the journey.

We are putting the final touches on the Women's Conference Amazing Grace.....the Legacy for the upcoming weekend. Talks have been prepared and re-arranged by God at the last minute-He seems to be good at that, breakout sessions are completed, decorations prepared, food picked up, budgets complete.....all that goes into planning has now came to an end, but yet its really only the beginning for what God is wanting to accomplish. It began last year shortly after last years conference..we were in a worship service and we were singing Amazing Grace. Morgan looked around and looked at me and said, "that it mom...that's the theme for next year....Amazing Grace," what she noticed as she glanced across the sanctuary was the passion of every generation that was represented singing with all that they had in unison to one song.....a song that has spoken to generation after generation. Thus came the legacy. And what legacy are we leaving to the next generation. What song are we giving them to sing. What do they see in us that they want to pass down to their children and their childrens' children. This generation has so many more hardships to overcome than you and I ever dreamt of. We played in the streets, rode our bikes at night, played until dark, made mud pies, went to school without the worries of abduction, abuse, drugs, gang violence and school shootings.

We will have to fight against a world today....filled with anger, frustration and abandonment to leave a legacy that they will not forget. Few children get the opportunity to receive a legacy worth fighting for. May this be a generation that returns to the Lord. May we be a generation that cries out to the Lord for grace and mercy. May we be a generation that receives the legacy that He has left for us.

What Legacy Are you Leaving?