Especially today in this society where values are non-existent.
Grandparents can play a pivotal role
in the lives of their children and their grandchildren.
It is their good Christian example above all else
which sets the standards for them to follow.
The Bible is clear to state what our example should be
and what we should teach by this example.
Grandparents cannot in any way take the place of the parents
nor should they ever contradict them.
The role of the grandparent is to simply confirm and reinforce
the Christian values hopefully being taught by the parents.
It is the wisdom gained from age that will make the next generation
able to lead the following generation.
As each generation grows into their own roles as grandparents,
may the knowledge and wisdom be shared and passed on
to your children and your grandchildren!
Incline your ears to the words
of my mouth.
I will open my mouth in a parable;
I will utter dark sayings of old,
Which we have heard and known,
And our fathers have told us.
We will not hide them from their children,
Telling to the generation to come
the praises of the Lord,
And His strength and His wonderful works
that He has done.
For He established a testimony
in Jacob,
And appointed a law in Israel,
Which He commanded our
fathers,
That they should make them
known to their children;
That the generation to come might
know them,
The children who would be born,
That they may arise and declare
them to their children,
That they may set their hope in
God,
And not forget the works of God,
But keep His commandments;
Psalm 78:1-7
...that the older men be sober, reverent, temperate,
sound in faith, in love, in patience;
the older women likewise
that they be reverent in behavior,
not slanderers, not given to much wine,
teachers of good things--
who are good examples of the Christian life,
passing down by their own example
God's plan as they seek to do the will of the Father!
Let me but live my life from year to year
With forward face and unreluctant soul,
Not hastening to, nor turning from, the goal;
Not mourning for the things that disappear
In the dim past, not holding back in fear
From what the future veils; but with a whole
And happy heart that pays its toll
To Youth and Age, and travels on with cheer:
So let the way wind up the hill or down,
Through rough or smooth, the journey will be joy.
Still seeking what I sought when but a boy
New friendship, high adventure, and a crown,
I shall grow old, but never lose life's zest.
Because the road's last turn will be the best.
---Henry Van Dyke
by Rev. Joseph Miller
©1997
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