Today's Scripture Passage: Matthew 5:14-16
14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
Today's Scripture Message:
The greatest honor and the highest praise is given when you share your experience, learned or lived with the generations to come. At 18 years old, my grandmother entrusted me with the duty of tracing our family heritage on my mother’s side of the family as far back as I could find. At the time, there was no internet or ancestry.com, just a phone and our family. I began with the eldest members and each call opened up time portals to their experience building a curiosity to keep going as far back as I could. My journey ended on a plantation in Vacherie, LA, where my ancestors were, after a point, only a number and it brought slavery and what my family experienced during that time, full circle. While I didn’t understand why my grandmother asked me, as young as I was, to do this, in my latter days I have a new appreciation for the efforts of my grandmother and the importance of knowing or collecting the information of our heritage. You see with the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina much of this information would have easily been lost and because of her gifting me the responsibility, and my taking ownership of it, we have documentation of our family that was preserved and can never be separated from us. Such as with the bible a collection of experiences documented throughout the ages with the purpose of sharing the knowledge of our Christian heritage where as long as we continue to share the messages of God his Word lives on generationally. Our greatest blessing was the protection of our legacy both biologically and spiritually as it continues to lovingly live on through our children.
Prayer for the day:
Father, constantly remind me of my responsibility. That it always honors you and all those you have placed before me on your behalf to teach me, mold me and entrust me to share the many lessons and life experiences represented by your word. May my voice always resound courageously as a banner of your goodness and keep me safely as your willing servant that my knowledge of you in my life be firmly embedded in the hearts of my children that they continue the work of our ancestors granting the continuation of your greatness in the generations to come, in Jesus’ name, Amen.
Thought for the day:
“I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty”
– John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Goal for the Day:
Remember who you are, the sacrifices made on your behalf, as a man, a woman an American and live within the responsibility to continue to improve.
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