Passing it on

We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done. - Psalm 78v4

I am starting to get on a little bit. I heard recently that we are not old till our kids turn 50. That is my new view of oldness, at least for a few more years. We are at the point now where our actual in the home parenting role is about to draw to an end. Though our parenting role changes as the years go by, that does not mean by any means that our parenting responsibility ends.

As those years do role by I begin to think about what it really important. I have talked to a couple of friends my age or a little older about this. We realise that we can't change or do everything so we start to see what we can do.

Believe it or not there is a connection in my thoughts here. They apply to the psalmist's words in the verse above.

We are reminded that there are something worth passing on as we get older. After speaking of the works of God the psalmist write 'We will not hide these things from our children. We will tell them of God's praises, His strength, and the wonderful things He has done.'

While we cannot be neglectful of all our tasks, we do have a primary responsibility. God gave us children. They are our primary responsibility. They are the ones who are closest to us. If we lose them have we really succeeded in any other tasks?

Passing it on our children is not something we only do to our children in family devotions. I remember all those days sitting down together and reading 'Keys for Kids' with our little ones. Those were great days and a lot of foundations were laid.

But it really doesn't stop there. We do have a responsibility to be passing it on today. It may not be reading 'Keys for Kids' but it is still there when we face victories and defeats and trials and triumphs with our own next generation.

Let us never stop passing it on.