Leaving a Legacy of Love for God
I recently got an email from a church member who shared the following. “Thank you so much for today’s blog… ‘How Great Thou Art’ is also a song that I hold so very dear to my heart. My Grandmother played the piano in her church and was such a holy woman that she had people come to her home to pray for them. This song was one she played every time we went for a visit. I learned that she taught herself to play. Her step-mother wouldn’t let her take lessons, but yet God gave her the talent….Her songs and her talks to me and my cousins about her faith and how God was such a big part of her life opened our eyes to seeing such a loving Father that we felt that overwhelming love surround us with every story she told us…”
Her grandmother’s love of music was handed down and last fall, Juliana took Mr. Pat’s ukulele class here at PVUMC. “We are having a blast. Pat is so patient and encouraging. No matter how we sound, he thinks it’s beautiful. That’s the way I think of God. Whenever we are singing with joyful hearts and praising Him, He smiles. I come away from there each time with a happy heart and know that my time was not only well spent, but that God was listening…to all my bad notes and still smiling, because he loves me just as I am….mistakes and all.”
As a grandmother, Juliana remembers her grandmother as “grace, God-loving and musically gifted all packed into one. I always felt closer to God whenever I was in her presence. She is now teaching her grandsons the importance of God in their lives and in the choices they make. 2 Timothy 1: 5, “I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.”
The faith of a grandparent can change a life and a generation of lives. Not only are grandchildren a blessing to their grandparents but they are to be blessed by their grandparents. Grandparents, bless your grandchildren with a legacy of love for God. Never underestimate the power of faith to make an impact over generations! Happy Grandparent’s day!