THINK BEYOND TODAY

Mother, are you feeling you just have to struggle through another day? Can I remind you that you are not only mothering for today. Your mothering continues into the generations to come. You fail one day. You "blow your cool" another day. What's a few days in the light of generations? Mothering is greater than one day. It is a lifetime that influences many generations to come and impacts eternity.

When speaking of a character in the Bible it mostly gives something of their genealogy, sometimes the father and grandfather are mentioned. Other times the Bible takes us back five generations or more. I was reading Zephaniah 1:1 one day and was ploughing through his genealogy of five generations when I was filled with great vision for our own family. Zephaniah came from the lineage of King Hezekiah, a king who did that which was right in the sight of the Lord. And now his great-great-grandson is a prophet to the nations! Doesn't that give you vision?

2 Chronicles 20:14 tells us of Jahaziel, where five of his generations are listed and then it goes back further to say he came from Asaph who was an anointed singer of the Lord.

My prayer is, as I am sure yours is too, that not only our children, not only our grandchildren, and not only our great-grandchildren, but the generations of our family to come will continue to serve the Lord and be mighty for God in the earth. Of course, this doesn't just happen. We must be faithful to impart God's Word into their lives and most of all, PRAY. When my husband and I pray for all our children and spouses and grandchildren and great-grandchildren each morning, we not only pray for them but also for the future generations.

Lift up your vision, dear mother. Your influence determines the future.

Blessings from Nancy Campbell