Today is Grandparent's Day so let me just take a moment to say Happy Grandparent's day to any grandparents reading this. Grandparents are very special people who have a great responsibility to their grandchildren as well as their children.
What responsibility could a grandparent possibly have to their grandchildren besides spoiling them? Grandparents have a responsibility to be a Godly example to their grandchildren. When your grandchildren think of Godly examples in their lives, do they think of you? Does what they see you do match what they hear you say?
It is important for grandparents to leave a Godly heritage to their grandchildren. After you are gone and your children and grandchildren are sifting through everything you've left behind, what will they find? Will they find things that point them to Christ or things that leave doubt and confusion in their minds?
It is also important that grandparents guard their grandchildren and protect them from harmful things as well as worldly things. A grandchild should be able to trust that their grandparents have their best interest at heart. They should know that their grandparents love them unconditionally and with a pure, undefiled love, a love that will never end.
I had a grandmother who was a Godly example to me. She was faithful in church, she always had a song in her heart, a smile on her face and she loved God. Granny always lifted people up instead of tearing them down. My granny, Zola Martin, was a Godly example and I miss her very much.
I am sorry to say my parents have not had Godly grandparents in their lives. My children were defiled and betrayed in a way that should NEVER happen to grandchildren and my heart breaks every day for what their grandparents did to them. However, they have had Godly examples of "grandparents" in church and I am eternally grateful for those people and the impact they've had on my children.
Perhaps you haven't been the example to your grandchildren that you should be, it's not too late to change and become the right kind of grandparent. It's never too late to do right, it's never too late to mend hurt, it's never too late to start building a Godly heritage for your grandchildren. It's never too late to leave footprints in which our children and grandchildren can follow, footprints that will bring them closer to God.
Let's determine to be Godly grandparents, if we have grandchildren and if we do not yet have grandchildren, lets determine now to start building a Godly heritage for our children and grandchildren to sift through after we've gone. Let's also determine to be a Godly example to those children in our church who may not have Godly grandparents in their lives. Happy Grandparent's day!
