po-ster'-i-ti:
succeeding or future generations; all descendants of one person
I
imagine that viewers of my blog are various ages, but I believe
mostly adults in mid-years and those well-seasoned in life: parents,
and grandparents, perhaps. All of us, however, are part of some
family grouping. And by virtue of being blog viewers, we are part of
the Internet community with the ability to reach out to anyone,
at any time, anywhere in the world.
Many
of us are separated by distance from young members on our family tree and
may feel that we are limited in the impact or influence we can have
on the younger generation in our familial circle. Nothing could be
further from the truth! Youngsters are growing up incredibly
tech-savvy these days and as a result are reachable instantly—it is
we who need to be on our toes to sharpen our communications skills
and get with it to prayerfully impact our posterity.
We
have no excuse. Opportunities are multiple to reach out and
tech-touch them. Occasions like school performances, birthdays,
baptisms, sports events, graduations, receiving awards, engagements, weddings,
births, relationship shuffles, new jobs, driver's license test
passed, milestones of any kind—the possibilities are endless.
Whatever is happening in the lives of your little or big kiddos is
grist for the mill of our attempt to touch their lives. Even a “Hey,
I was just thinking about you...!” might be the arrow that will hit
the heart-target of a grandkid of whatever age.
Simply
signing a Hallmark card or slipping a check in it is a poor
substitute. Let's offer them a piece of our heart while we can. We
will not always be around to do so, and we have no idea how a genuine
expression of our interest might encourage them on their life
journey. Yeah, I know, kids are cool and sophisticated these days and
their peers are uppermost on their minds, but let's take the risk of
reaching out to them inter-generationally and leave the results to
God. It's a given that we have to follow our tech-touch with prayer
which is the ultimate power thrust, right?
Here's
a recent one of mine to a “not-yet-reader” (via parental help)
but I'm thinking ahead—and praying forward....
Dear Myla Wynne, my
sweet Great-Granddaughter,
We don't know each
other very well yet because you are only a year old and we don't see
each other very often. I live quite far from your house. But I pray
for you every day that Jesus will take care of you as you grow up to
be a big girl.
May 15, 2016 is your
baptism day. You won't remember it because you are too young.
Everyone takes pictures so that when you are older, that will help
you remember the day. I'm giving you a silver frame to remember this
day and Mommy will put your baptism picture in it.
Baptism is such a very
special day and God is excited about it! On that day your Daddy and Mommy let everyone
know that you belong to Jesus, that Jesus loves you, and they love
Jesus and want Him to take care of you for all your life long. As you grow older, you will learn to love Jesus too.
Your parents will tell you about Jesus, your big sister Makenna will
read stories about Jesus to you, and your Church will teach you about
Him.
We are also
celebrating your first birthday this month, Myla! You have grown so
much since you and I had our picture taken together on my 90th
birthday. You don't remember that day because you were a little baby.
That was the first day that I met you! Now you are walking by
yourself!
I'm giving you a
little birthday gift of a book of animal noises for you to listen to.
Jesus made all the animals in the world. He must have had fun creating such a
variety—some are funny looking, some make strange noises, some are
big, some are little, some are fuzzy, some have spots and stripes.
You can make animal noises too like those in the book, but soon you will learn people-talk
because you are different from the animals. God made you a human
person!
Your baptism day will
be a big deal for the many people who love you and are joining in the
celebration at your Church.
I'm excited to be coming too!
And at
your very first birthday party with all the grown ups watching, that
will be your one and only chance to eat your birthday cake with both
hands and stuff the frosting into your mouth!
Love,
Great-Grandma “Bubi”
Leona
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