After my salvation nothing is more precious to me than my family. I’m eternally grateful to the Lord for my wife, for my daughter and her husband, and for my two wonderful grandchildren. Still, when I think of family my heart turns naturally to mom and dad, to the ones who gave me life and willingly sacrificed their present to give me a future. Thinking about it now, I’m nearly overwhelmed with gratefulness. I didn’t do anything to deserve my blessed life. It’s all God’s doing.
“If you honor your father and mother, ‘things will go well for you, and you will have a long life on the earth.’”
— Ephesians 6:3 (NLT)
Father God, I thank you for giving me godly parents and a rich spiritual heritage. Help me to pass it on to my children and grandchildren. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.