Legacy

Described at dictionary.com as anything handed down from an ancestor or predecessor. As a culture we don't often talk about our legacies. What have you been handed?

Maybe two generations ago, the idea of leaving something to your children for financial or material gain was a top priority in financial planning. Today, even that mentality isn't evident in our society. We talk of diseases like diabetes, heart disease and alcoholism that run in our blood lines. We mention eye, skin and hair color and which side of the family they are from.

One of my favorite verses is about Timothy and the legacy that had been left to him.

^{2 Timothy 1:5}I have been reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.

Faith, handed down from one generation to the next, then to Timothy who helped strengthen and grow the Christian church.

I admire Lois and desire to pass that same faith to my children. Besides their curly hair and olive skin I want to pass to them a faith that changes the world. If I were to ask for a legacy to leave my children I would ask God this : Lord, may I ignite a fire in my children to love you, trust you, desire you and know you. May their faith, which started with me, bring you glory and honor. May their faith be tools to change the world around them.

^{2 Timothy 1:6}-7 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.

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