Moms, have you thought about the culture our young children are growing into? Our faith is marginalized, immorality is expected and acceptable, socialism is fashionable, life is under attack, our Christian values and religious freedoms are deemed outdated and offensive.
“Time cannot be expanded, accumulated, mortgaged, hastened, or retarded. It just keeps on…”
I usually begin my introspection regarding “time” after Christmas when facing the New Year! However, I can’t stop thinking about my seven grandchildren and how quickly time has passed from the day in the hospital when each one was placed in my arms until today when I look up (they are all way taller than I am!) and realize how adult they all are!
They were tiny little ones not too long ago, just a blink, wrapped in a promise and a possibility not yet realized. Time has flown and every call or contact is a special blessing, as they each find their own voice of influence. They are the declaration for the next generation.
They are our future.
I am currently the grandmother of three university students. Each one has been sent as a missionary to colleges around the country. They are courageous and are standing alone for what they believe! Our oldest granddaughter is at USC, our second granddaughter is at Biola and our third, my grandson is at Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA. My fourth grandson will graduate high school in May and he, too, will be gone!
I never dreamed that years ago in the jungles of Panama that I would have the opportunity to have lived locally with all my grandchildren. Our hearts desire was to serve the Kuna Tribe in the Darien until…forever! God had a different plan for us and our time here in the states became planting Spanish-speaking churches and discipling leadership to move on to a different location and start another church. We have seen God establish seven churches (Panama, Mexico, and in Southern California). This has enabled us to be near our girls and their families.
The challenge is to not drop the ball at this stage!
Where are you in the growth of your family?
Are they being prepared to face the culture
that is clamoring for their souls?
~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America. Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California. My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights.
