Four Generations 1979
Praying.
I have a vivid memory of walking home from school and getting near to my house – 600 E. Illinois Street – and seeing my mother rush across the street to be home when my brothers and I arrived.
My mother had been at Cristal Parker’s – our neighbor across the street. They had been praying for their children.
Of all the many wonderful qualities that my mother has – praying for me is the one that means the most to me. I am so thankful to have a mother that STILL prays for me. I had two grandmothers that prayed for me as well.
What a legacy of faith!
On Mother’s Day we as mothers may be asking ourselves – “am I the kind of mother I should be?” We may be hard on ourselves and think ” I am not this way….I am not that way…” making mental lists of our deficiencies.
We women can be so HARD on ourselves.
Yet of all the things my mother and grandmothers did for me – praying for me is of the utmost value.
Paul says to Timothy who he was discipling in the faith – II Timothy 1:3-6 NLT
3 Timothy, I thank God for you—the God I serve with a clear conscience, just as my ancestors did. Night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers. 4 I long to see you again, for I remember your tears as we parted. And I will be filled with joy when we are together again.
5 I remember your genuine faith, for you share the faith that first filled your grandmother Lois and your mother, Eunice. And I know that same faith continues strong in you. 6 This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you when I laid my hands on you.
Paul mentions the spiritual heritage that Timothy had from his mother and grandmother.
This is the legacy we can leave as well – one of praying for our children and grandchildren. I am so thankful for my praying grandmothers.
Thank you , Mom, for continuing to pray for me even as you reach your 87th year.
This is the legacy I want to leave my children and grandchildren – one of faith and prayer.
“Nana, where art thou?”
Praying.
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