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| Robbie Blankenship Gwinn |
Genealogies and ancestries are a huge interest to many. Searching back through old family photos and keepsakes give us a feeling of being grounded in the past and help us realize our own importance to the future. We do many things to make a statement about our lives, and our past has a huge influence on own identities and the paths we take in life. My personal heritage is grounded in faith…a faith I have chosen to hold dear in my life and to pass on to my children and hopefully their children.
In Psalms 61:5, David states, “You have given me the heritage of those who fear Your name.” What a blessing it is to have a heritage that you are born into that fears and loves God and strives to be obedient to His Will! Where would I, personally, be without that? Would I have found my way to God? Would I have married a Christian and had the goal of Heaven for both my family and me? I, thankfully, will never know the answer to these questions. One of my fondest memories of my Grandmother, other than sitting beside her in church, is hearing her tell me after I went off to college that she prayed for me every day. I have never forgotten those words because, like David, they remind me that my own heritage was one that feared God’s name. What a blessing to have a heritage in the Lord...if you don't have one, it is the perfect time to start creating one!
Roberta Pledge
4/18/12
