Heirlooms

Shane Williams

Heirlooms are important to us. It gives us pride and comfort to have something that was passed on to us by older relatives. My wife has a clock that was passed down to her grandmother, which was passed down to her. It has a lot of meaning. When I was a teenager my grandmother made a baby blanket for my first child, who would not be born for many years. That has  great meaning to me.

Parents give thought to what they pass on to their children. It may be something different in you home: a desk, a handmade quilt, or even an old worn out Bible. Heirlooms are important to us.

 Yet by the example of our lives, we can pass on to our children even more important things — such as a good name or honorable character. The Bible mentions the best gift of all — the example of faith in Jesus Christ, being passed down.

“I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also” (2 Tim. 1:5). “But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able  to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus” (2 Tim. 3:14,15).

Timothy’s Grandmother Lois and his Mother Eunice were Christians with a great faith in Christ. They taught Timothy to have the same kind of faith.

For what will you be remembered? How much money you had or left behind? How much of a sports fan you were?  You think about what you most want to pass on to your children,  grandchildren, and great grandchildren, don’t forget the example of your faith in Jesus. This is what is lasting. The values we leave in our children are more important than the valuables we might leave to them.