Passing On to Posie
Most of you know that this year we welcomed our first great grandchild into our family. Her name is Posie and she is the light of our eyes right now. She is beautiful, sweet, easy going, and responsive to all around her. She is a delight. Just as you and others have likely done, I am pondering what I want to pass on to this precious one. The very first thing that came to my mind was Jesus and His church. I want her to understand and delight in Him and His people. Delighting in Him will bring her great joy and purpose. Delighting in His people, through a church, will bring her love, understanding, and growth in her Savior. That’s what has been the most important thing to me for many years, and I want her to have that same delight and priority.
The second thing I want to pass on to her is the importance of relationships, especially her relationship with her family and all the wonderful things they can bring to her as she is loved and loves them. I hope she will know that she will always be loved and delighted by her great grandparents and all the other family who she encounters. I hope she will know that she is part of a circle that has come before her and will continue after her and that she can be influenced by this network of people who love her and she will pass on that love and influence.
The third thing I hope to pass on to Posie is the love of God’s Word. I hope she delights in it as God reveals Himself to her through it. May she have a reverence and love for it as it leads her closer to her Savior.
Fourth, I want her to have a love of reading. Reading opens her mind to discovery, learning, delight, and imagination. May she enjoy cozy moments curled up with a book that will teach her, delight her, and allow her to get lost in a story.
Finally, I hope Posie will delight in God’s creation, acknowledging the Creator of all that surrounds her, and basking in what He has done. All these are things I am already praying for her to grasp and understand.
How about you? What is your relationship with God, His Son, His Word, His creation, and the relationships He has placed around you? Do they all draw you closer to Him? How can you influence those you encounter or those in your family to grasp these important relationships?
In this first month of the new year, may God give us all the desire to grow in these relationships together as a church family, influencing all we encounter in the year to come.