To my oldest, and
first, granddaughter, my precious Hannah-Abigail on her 13th
Birthday
A
short time ago I learned something I was not aware of. My sisters told me they
had always looked up to me as kids, I wish I had realized that when I was a
teen.
You
have been chosen by God to be in a leadership role…as a godly role model for
each of your younger sisters. God chose
your birth order for a reason. He knew
you would have leadership qualities because He designed you and wired you for
His purposes.
Even
though Selah will also look to Berea, and Berea to Lydia, and Lydia to Moriah,
and Moriah to Tabitha, and Tabitha to you, you still lead the pack. What you model, they will each model to the
ones younger than them. Your role
therefore is most important because you lead from the top all the way to the
youngest. For this reason, you must rely
on your Leader always, the Holy Spirit.
There will be times when you realize you messed up. This happens to
everyone, except Jesus. These times will
be times of opportunity to role model humility, prayer, and forgiveness. This will be one of the most important areas
to role model because it is the most difficult area… as pride must go, ( James
4:6-8). The Holy Spirit will enable this
as you pour out your heart to God and be still and listen to what He puts into
your heart. This is a place of honor God
has set you in, and designed you for, and an opportunity to role model the
heart and ways of a godly young woman whose heart and eyes are set of Christ
Jesus, who is everyone’s role model, to reveal what His Father was like.
Happy 13th Birthday, Hannah-Abigail
Love, Hugs and Prayers from your Grandma Law
Role Modelling... This is an area we could do to practice more in. Since we will not be perfected until Jesus returns, we are going to still have some mess ups every now or then. Without our focus 100% on Jesus all the time, it's bound to happen. What are the areas that we are most likely to mess up in, and how do they effect other areas of our life and those we are in contact with?
If we remember that when you throw a pebble into a pond it has a ripple effect. Therefore our attitudes, words, and actions don't just effect us and maybe one other person; they effect many people such as the person's family, and anyone that person may lash out at in response to the anger or pain we may have inadvertently caused them. This, I believe, is why God's Word tells us in several places, one being Romans 12:1-2, we are to be transformed by the renewing of our mind.... then we will be able to know what God's good and perfect will is. According to Jesus it is sanctification through the Word of God and the Holy Spirit. In John 17:17, in His High Priestly prayer, He says, "Sanctify them by Your truth; Your Word is truth."
Attitudes come before the words or actions, therefore attitudes need to be worked on first. This is a very good reason in itself to be in the Bible, particularly the New Testament to learn Christ-like attitudes and to begin replacing old attitudes with the new ones progressively. In this way, with the help of the Holy Spirit, our character will progressively grow more and more Christ-like and will attract more people to want to know Christ Jesus.
I pray each of you and your families will have a very blessed Christmas as we remember why God came to this earth as a baby... so He could die for us, in order that we would live for Him. I pray also that this coming New Year will be one where we will see loved ones coming to Christ Jesus in faith for His saving work on the cross and proving He was God by rising from the dead.
Let all of us pray for genuine repentance for love ones and others we know, and for a saving faith in Christ Jesus so that they too, can know Him and have their hope anchored in Him. For as He rose from the dead, one day we shall also rise to be with Him when He comes in the clouds for His own.
God Bless you all,
~Annie~
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