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On Sunday we dedicated to the LORD two children, Aurora Skye Burns and Irie's and my third child, Emmanuel Boaz Price. What a blessed and holy day it was.
It was also a much needed day in the life of our congregation. In recent months we have suffered the loss of so many beloved members and friends of Second B; we needed a couple of babies to be born.
There is a phrase in the Scriptures which speaks deeply to me in these days of loss and new life: "Generation to Generation." Even as one generation now closes its eyes, another generation opens. Meanwhile, you and I, the generation which stands between, must see that the same faith and hope with which those who have gone before us have lived and died shall be imparted to the next generation.
In a sermon about Moses atop Mt. Nebo, the great 20th century pulpiteer Gardner Taylor spoke of Moses' long journey toward but not into the Promised Land. In reflection Dr. Taylor preached these words, "It is a mystery, a blessed mystery, of how God does give us the capacity, the unselfishness to participate in efforts and causes whose fulfillment must lie so far beyond our mortal span."
I ask that you might consider your own life; are you entering into the fullness of this "blessed mystery"? Do you make worship a priority for your family? Do you read the Bible to your children? Have you decided to leave a legacy gift to Second Baptist in your will? Do you speak to your children and grandchildren about how important belonging to the church is to you?
If so, then wonderful. If not, then please consider doing so. For there really is only one way to pass this faith along,generation to generation.
On Sunday we dedicated to the LORD two children, Aurora Skye Burns and Irie's and my third child, Emmanuel Boaz Price. What a blessed and holy day it was.
It was also a much needed day in the life of our congregation. In recent months we have suffered the loss of so many beloved members and friends of Second B; we needed a couple of babies to be born.
There is a phrase in the Scriptures which speaks deeply to me in these days of loss and new life: "Generation to Generation." Even as one generation now closes its eyes, another generation opens. Meanwhile, you and I, the generation which stands between, must see that the same faith and hope with which those who have gone before us have lived and died shall be imparted to the next generation.
In a sermon about Moses atop Mt. Nebo, the great 20th century pulpiteer Gardner Taylor spoke of Moses' long journey toward but not into the Promised Land. In reflection Dr. Taylor preached these words, "It is a mystery, a blessed mystery, of how God does give us the capacity, the unselfishness to participate in efforts and causes whose fulfillment must lie so far beyond our mortal span."
I ask that you might consider your own life; are you entering into the fullness of this "blessed mystery"? Do you make worship a priority for your family? Do you read the Bible to your children? Have you decided to leave a legacy gift to Second Baptist in your will? Do you speak to your children and grandchildren about how important belonging to the church is to you?
If so, then wonderful. If not, then please consider doing so. For there really is only one way to pass this faith along,generation to generation.
