This past Saturday my side of the family met for a reunion in the small town both my parents grew up in, Thornton Texas population 300. It always amazes me that this small community has a Homecoming every year without fail. They have done this since my earliest memory and probably way before that. This Homecoming also gives our family an opportunity to see one another because even first cousins and generations after them don’t always make a point of getting together.
As I visited with so many extended family members, I was struck by the number. One of my first cousins has 7 children, currently 27 grandchildren and currently 19 great grandchildreen and counting. They are only 72. They started young. What a blessing! So many children and all so well behaved. Scripture records that children are a heritage of the Lord and that the fruit of the womb is His reward. The children that we have are a blessing from our creator not a curse as the world would project. So much in this world is opposed to God’s Word. If you are blessed with children, grandchildren and possibly great grandchildren, love them. Appreciate them and understand that they are a blessing. You have been honored. Treasure that. We serve a loving God and what a blessing to walk in His favor.