My sister has researched our family history quite a bit. She discovered how some of our family came to America on the Mayflower and another ancestor was shanghaied from his home in Scotland, brought to America, and sold as an indentured servant for seven years.
By choice, or not, my relatives ended up here in America and looking back I am able to see God's hand. I share the family history with my grandsons, because I want them to know their family history, but more importantly, to help them see how God's hand moved through the generations to put them here where they are now. I want them to see God has a plan for them!
Psalm 102 talks about our descendants being established before God - I want this for my grandsons. I want them to be able to see how through the generations, God has been at work. I am intentional about sharing with them how God is working in our lives today, too! I want them to learn how to see the many ways God is at work in their lives, as well!
As grandparents we have a great responsibility to hand down a heritage of faith to our grandchildren. Take time to share with your grandchildren how God has been at work in your family in the past and how He is working today as well! Do you wonder if what you do as a grandparent matters? Do you wonder about the legacy you leave behind and how it will impact your children and grandchildren?
Well, I want you to know what we do does matter and the history and legacy we leave behind has great power to influence the generations who follow. As an example of this, please allow me to share with you today a bit of my great-grandpa Badgerow's history and legacy.By choice, or not, my relatives ended up here in America and looking back I am able to see God's hand. I share the family history with my grandsons, because I want them to know their family history, but more importantly, to help them see how God's hand moved through the generations to put them here where they are now. I want them to see God has a plan for them!
Psalm 102 talks about our descendants being established before God - I want this for my grandsons. I want them to be able to see how through the generations, God has been at work. I am intentional about sharing with them how God is working in our lives today, too! I want them to learn how to see the many ways God is at work in their lives, as well!
As grandparents we have a great responsibility to hand down a heritage of faith to our grandchildren. Take time to share with your grandchildren how God has been at work in your family in the past and how He is working today as well! Do you wonder if what you do as a grandparent matters? Do you wonder about the legacy you leave behind and how it will impact your children and grandchildren?
My great grandpa Badgerow was orphaned the day before his 11th birthday, raised by his sisters, finished the 8th grade, and became a small business man - had a grocery store/gas station in Sparta, MI.
When the banks were seized by the state of Michigan and ended up taking half of depositor's money in the '30's, he could have lost heart and quit in despair, but he didn't. He extended credit to families and let them get food from his store when they didn't have the money to pay for the food. Years later when he died (at 96 years old) a man came to his funeral and said my great grandpa saved the lives of his by giving them food when they needed it.
I am proud Charles Wesley Badgerow was my great-grandpa. He set an example of compassion, courage, and generosity which I want to, and will, follow. (Photo is of him, my great grandma, grandma and great uncle Ray)
What my great-grandpa did mattered, then and now and what we do matters now and for future generations as well!(My sister Loretta Baughan researched our grandparents/great grandparents and wrote about them in her book Clarence & Faye.)
Learn more about National Genealogy Day at this link.
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