Jerry Rose of the total Living Network spoke this week about leaving a legacy to our children and grandchildren. He suggested that we write down our life story for our descendants to read and treasure. Recording this account on DVD would allow our children to see and hear our narration. It would add a new dimension to this precious gift.
Mr. Rose related that recording our life story brings us a sense of completion, helps us to work through personal issues, and grants us emotional healing. It offers us the opportunity to pass on our Christian goals and values to our family. Such a chronicle also gives our children and grandchildren an awareness of their own heritage and identity.
Bringing our young ones to the place of our birth, different homes we lived in, schools and churches we attended, and playgrounds we frequented, provide great visuals to make our narrative come alive. Writing poetry for and about our grandchildren is another way to strengthen our relationships with them and to create more family history.
In this ever changing mobile society it is important to give our families a sense of solidarity, character, and lineage. Relaying the blessings and goodness of God in the past gives our offspring a glorious hope for their future.
My thanks to Jerry Rose for the ideas presented in this writing.
Written By CF
..........WOMEN'S FOCUS MINISTRIES..
This is a wonderful thing to think about Cathy. It is a way to make our family aware of their heritage and to share the stories that we hold so that they will not be lost when we are gone.
ReplyDeletePsalm 127:3
Children are a heritage from the LORD, offspring a reward from him.
Thanks and blessings!