I was on the phone talking to my mother the other day and we were conversing for a moment before I went to finish studying for an exam. Its amazing how God works to bring things to a head. I have always been thankful to my parents because what they struggled with allows me to have an upper hand on struggle in my walk and this is what my mother spoke to me about quickly. She related her and my fathers walk in Christ to that of the Civil rights movement. She talked about how during the movement people fought and gave there lives and hearts and soul to get something better for themselves but especially there children. The battle they fought paved the way for the next generations. It didn't make the way completely smooth but it allowed the next generation to have more leverage. It allowed them to not have to fight AS MUCH, and not neccesarily as hard for the same thing, as the generation ahead of them had to. And just as these people have fought and battled my mother and father fought and battled to give me and my brother something more than what they had, naturally and spiritually. Alot of the natural and spiritual battles that they faced i will not have to face. Of course I will come across my fair share of battles but i have a resource to refer to. I have someone who has been there before. When I marry me and my husband will already have the word of God instilled in us and we wont have to worry about building a full relationship with God while building marraige and having kids because my parents made it possible for me to see the example ahead of time and show me that building my foundation first before marraige will ensure something better for my family and my children. We talked on how her ministry is just starting at the age of 47/48 but because I wont have to struggle with the things she had to and because I had a stronger example than her, and because I have made a choice to serve God earlier my ministry can start in my 20's and it doesnt have to be a 23 yr journey (as it was for her) because the road has been paved. So I thank those who have come before me and fought the battle. A battle that may have started off as an inididual one but it has grown into somethng that effects the generations. There were some before in my family who dedicated there lives to God in a very serious manner but their offspring did not follow. I see my parents as a beginning of a leniage of true Men and women of God because a firm foundation has been laid and the purpose and call will be fullfilled.
Psa 145:4 says.. One generation shall laud thy works to another, And shall declare thy mighty acts. This is how it works. One generation will show of his works to another, each generation will walk the same path to get to Christ but in a different manner, each trip a new generation takes should smooth the path a little more for the next. The things that occur now are road blocks for you but a mere pebble to the generation that follows. Start the pattern if your are the first genaration, continue the legacy if you come from a family of strong Godly foundation. But whatever you do smooth the path for the next generation by spreading the understanding, testimony, and power of God.
Blessings!,
With LOVE and humble service.
Alex :)
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