A Generational God: Alpha & Omega
My wife Haley and I recently spent time in the mountains of North Carolina with family due to the passing of her Grandmother (we know her as Granny).
Death is a strong thing to wrestle with, even as a Christian. My friend Matt Dixon says that we were never made to deal with death; I've known that to be true, but now I am experiencing that to be true--big difference there.
However, even in the midst of grief, tragedy, and figuring out what to do next I have found a richness in God that I would not have otherwise, so in a strange sense, there has been a lot of life that is being ministered to my family through this, even though it is accompanied with strange, unusual, and unnatural feelings. Kris Vallotton once said, "the best times of our life are in our twilight years." Meaning, the best times we have in our life are experienced in the midst of the thing that takes us all beyond this earth.
I've only known Granny since the time Haley and I have been together, coming on seven years, and what I've seen from her life is an inheritance that extends beyond her life, which is now blessing generations after her. Simply put Haley and I are inheriting blessings from her life that we did not work for, we are simply benefactors from her by being family with Granny--this has blessed us in ways we never imagined. Haley and I have said that we want to repeat what she has done with her life. One of the things I asked the Father for yeas ago was the blessings of a 1,000 generations, so that the impact of my life, like Granny's, will extend beyond myself and into generations after me, into some peoples lives that I've never met; into some peoples lives that are not yet even born, but I'm planning, preparing, working, praying, and expecting their blessings. God is a generational God, and His plans extend throughout the generations like a beautiful mosaic piece of artwork being made into perfection, a masterpiece.
So, as I reflect upon these recent events, and how to live from here, I am wrestling with these feelings of how to deal with death, knowing that death is not the final word; rather, it is a rite of passage into the kingdom where, in Christ, we fully know Abba, Father. This imperfection is passed away into glory; the fullness of glory where we are made perfect, and finally see perfectly. So now, there is a hope that does not disappoint. What remains is a life well lived, a blessing that extends beyond one life and into generations after, and an excellent Mother and Grandmother that showed the generations after her how to walk into glory.
So now, we all are living in the blessing of Granny's life because of the inheritance that she has made for us. Thank you Granny, you're awesome!
Death is a strong thing to wrestle with, even as a Christian. My friend Matt Dixon says that we were never made to deal with death; I've known that to be true, but now I am experiencing that to be true--big difference there.
However, even in the midst of grief, tragedy, and figuring out what to do next I have found a richness in God that I would not have otherwise, so in a strange sense, there has been a lot of life that is being ministered to my family through this, even though it is accompanied with strange, unusual, and unnatural feelings. Kris Vallotton once said, "the best times of our life are in our twilight years." Meaning, the best times we have in our life are experienced in the midst of the thing that takes us all beyond this earth.
I've only known Granny since the time Haley and I have been together, coming on seven years, and what I've seen from her life is an inheritance that extends beyond her life, which is now blessing generations after her. Simply put Haley and I are inheriting blessings from her life that we did not work for, we are simply benefactors from her by being family with Granny--this has blessed us in ways we never imagined. Haley and I have said that we want to repeat what she has done with her life. One of the things I asked the Father for yeas ago was the blessings of a 1,000 generations, so that the impact of my life, like Granny's, will extend beyond myself and into generations after me, into some peoples lives that I've never met; into some peoples lives that are not yet even born, but I'm planning, preparing, working, praying, and expecting their blessings. God is a generational God, and His plans extend throughout the generations like a beautiful mosaic piece of artwork being made into perfection, a masterpiece.
So, as I reflect upon these recent events, and how to live from here, I am wrestling with these feelings of how to deal with death, knowing that death is not the final word; rather, it is a rite of passage into the kingdom where, in Christ, we fully know Abba, Father. This imperfection is passed away into glory; the fullness of glory where we are made perfect, and finally see perfectly. So now, there is a hope that does not disappoint. What remains is a life well lived, a blessing that extends beyond one life and into generations after, and an excellent Mother and Grandmother that showed the generations after her how to walk into glory.
So now, we all are living in the blessing of Granny's life because of the inheritance that she has made for us. Thank you Granny, you're awesome!
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