Moms, have you thought about the culture our young children are growing up in? Our faith is marginalized, immorality is expected and acceptable, socialism is fashionable, life is under attack, our Christian values and religious freedoms are deemed outdated and offensive…
Time cannot be expanded, accumulated, mortgaged, hastened, or retarded. It just keeps on…”
I usually begin my introspection regarding ‘time ‘after Christmas when facing the New Year! However, I can’t stop thinking about my seven grandchildren and how quickly time has passed from the day in the hospital when each one was placed in my arms until today when I look up (they tower over me!) and I realize how adult they all are!
They were tiny little ones not too long ago, just a blink, wrapped in a promise and a possibility. Time has flown and every call or contact is a special blessing, as they each find their own voice of influence. They are the declaration for the next generation…
They are our future.
Maverick, the little boy in the center, is getting married this Sunday!
I never dreamed that years ago in the jungles of Panama that God would bless us with the opportunity and privilege to live locally near all my grandchildren. Our hearts desire was to serve the Kuna Tribe in the Darien until…forever! God had a different plan for us and our time here in the states became planting Spanish-speaking churches and discipling leadership to move on to a different location and start another church. We have seen God establish seven churches (in Panama, Mexico, and in Southern California).
The challenge, now, is to not drop the ball!
Where are you in the growth of your family?
Are they being prepared to face the culture
that is clamoring for their souls?
~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America. Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California. My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights.
