I was looking at a couple of my favorite Psalms this morning -- Psalm 61 and 62, when I noticed a verse that I hadn't paid attention to before. Psalm 61:5 said "you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name." I started thinking about what a blessing it was to have Christian parents and grandparents and even great-granparents that I never knew but heard stories about. My great-grandfather, David Frazier, taught Sunday School at the little church out in the country in WV. He picked up other children with his horse and wagon and drove them to church. He and my great-grandmother were charter members at the Red House United Brethren church.
The tradition of teaching Sunday school carried on through the generations. My grandan Frazier and both my parents served as Sunday School teachers, and even I taught Sunday school when I was younger. They were all such an example to my brothers and me. My brother became a minister, and his daughter is a missionary. What a heritage!
Another verse that popped out today was Psalm 61:6 -- "Prolong the life of the king, may his years endure to all generations." I'm praying now that God would prolong the life of 2 men on my prayer list who are seriously ill, that their years may endure for more generations.
I love how the scriptures still bring comfort and inspiration today, thousands of years after they were written.
