May They Know God

Time is getting close now, we patiently wait for the new arrival of Mason Hamlin, our second grandson, a wonderful blessing from God. As I think of the new one and the one who is already here with us, baby Isaiah, who was 15 months old yesterday, I think that no matter what they do in life I pray that they will love Jesus and live a life pleasing to Him. Although I do not pray this specific prayer for them every day I do pray as Paul prayed in Ephesians 3:16-19 "I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength from his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God's love and keep you strong. And you may have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long how high, how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is to great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God." For you see the most important thing that anyone will ever do is to give their lives to Jesus. The only way to Heaven is through him and our lives here will be made full because of him, no matter what our occupation or what we accomplish here on this earth. So no matter what occupation our grandchildren hold, if it be collecting the trash, working at a restaurant, staying home and raising their children, a doctor, a pastor, a teacher, a missionary, whatever God leads them to do I pray that they will give their lives to Jesus and be His follower and love Him with their whole being and that they will know how much that Jesus loves them. You see the world honors those who are intelligent, beautiful, rich, and powerful, but we need to honor people who love Christ and no matter what they do are living for Him. So my deepest prayer for all of our family is that they love God and live for Him. I can think of no greater blessing than to go to my grave knowing that in Heaven our family circle will be unbroken and I pray that God will use me, "Grandmawmaw" (or as Isaiah has been calling me "mom", his mom is "mommy",) to help them know Jesus and that as it says in Philippians 1:11 "May I always be filled with the fruit of my salvation (the fruit of the Spirit) the righteous character produced in my life by Jesus Christ for this will bring much glory and praise to God."