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We are often dared to declare.

A friend of mine found himself at the end of his career. An early widower, he had spent forty years working and raising his three children. Now he would have time on his hands—lots of time. Like Isaiah, he heard the Lord ask, “Whom shall I send?” and he answered the Lord, “Here am I. Send me.”

Five years later, he looked out the window, tears rolling down his face as he watched little children on a playground. These children could climb, slide, and run. Their slanted, almond-shaped eyes smiled as wide as their little mouths while they played.

His special education classroom soon filled, and he greeted them as teachers’ assistants rolled or carried them in. One of the children perched on his lap. As the little one leaned into him, my friend’s heart swelled with the joy of the Lord. He whispered, “Jesus loves you.”

As servants of the Most High God, we are called to duty. When we listen to His voice and direction, we find ourselves continually renewed, despite our earthly age or preconceived notions of what retirement should look like to be the rest we have earned. 

The Word of God offers a continual emergence, a green reawakening, and a new birth each time we read it. Regardless of where we are in our faith journey, we can let the living Word push us through the dirt of earthly trials and sorrows to sprout anew. The next generation needs to hear us declare our testimony of God’s power and mighty acts.

What are some ways you can teach the next generation? 

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