Ushering in the Next Generation - I'm a Grandpa

It seems like just yesterday I was a kid running around E. 236th St. in Euclid, OH. Then I was finding salamanders in the back of our yard in Chagrin Falls. Then going on to high school in New Jersey and college in Indiana. Then I got married and had a kid thus feeling like I was a real adult with real responsibilities.

Yesterday was the start of the next phase of my life - I am a Grandpa! Our daughter welcomed our first grandchild into the world-yet another girl (we have three daughters). I still feel like that kid running around, but I am now another generation removed. Life is so fleeting.

The psalmist in Psalm 71 is filled with reflection. He wrestles with God abandoning him. He says "O God, do not be far from me; O my God, hasten to my help! But he reminds himself of God's goodness. He says, "O God, You have taught me from my youth, and I will still declare Your wondrous deeds".  And finally, the verses that rang to me yesterday "And even when I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me, until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to all who are to come."

The new generation comes along. The old generation passes on. The other day I quoted from a 90's movie and a millennial looked at me like I had four eyes. Time waits for no one. Yet God is so faithful to His children. The psalmist has that confidence and passes that confidence to you and me. He says God's righteousness reaches to the heavens. Remember, reflect.