Opus 2025-522: Influence

I was walking and my mind goes all over the place when I do that.  Part of my routine as I walk is  a prayer map I follow.  I came to my grandchildren and my children and was thinking about influence.

I pray that my children would be the kind of adults that will cause my grandchildren to love Jesus.  I have some influence, but it is limited.  We’re about 40 minutes away, and I don’t see them as much as I would like.  But my thinking focused on how we still have influence.

Some of the old people that I hang around with tend to think that they’re all used up, that nobody cares anymore, that they’re just bidding time.  There is an aspect of that I guess, but I think we need to also look at the fact that we have influence that we give towards our grandchildren.  It may just be in the sense that God will bless them through us as we are faithful.  It could be the weight of our prayers.  It could be many things that we wouldn’t even think about, things we say, memories we share, things we do.  But we still have influence.

So don’t give up.  Don’t stop living in such a way that would encourage God to bless you and yours.

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