Some friends in England recently sent this to me. It caused me to reflect on what I will leave behind.
This letter, about 356 years old, had finally re-surfaced after centuries of hidden darkness. It even appears that someone, or perhaps a child, might have once found the letter and with quill tried to imitate some of the handwriting. It caused me to consider the things we leave behind. I had to laugh a bit at thinking that most folk, from our present generation, will leave a bunch of emails and a few blogs, perhaps a web site here and there and a jump drive with all their personal data. My parents and grandparents left pictures, letters and post cards from places they had visited. People have lost the art of penmanship and it seems that letter writing is a thing of the past for all but a few. I find it wonderfully refreshing to receive a letter … and to send one. Most important of all I thought about our testimonies. Our Christian faith is so critically important to leave behind. We need to ensure that our kids and grandkids all know how and when we came to faith in Jesus Christ. They need to hear our testimonies, and/or be able to read them. This past year I’ve written a years worth of daily devotions for our family. It was tons of fun. I pray it will be a blessing to them. Like this old letter, discovered more than 350 years later, who knows what lives may be touched by your Christian testimony if it were discovered, say, in the year 2364.
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