Standing the Test of Time

My husband and I have begun researching our family history.

During this process we have visited many cemeteries to take pictures of family gravestones. Some are simple, small headstones. Others are grand monuments. Many quote a scripture verse, or say how much the person was loved and will be missed.

The passing of time, however, has been an enemy to these well-intentioned memorials. Many are fading, falling down, broken and cracked. Some plots are covered over with grass, and not all monuments are readable.

If King David and King Solomon had grand burial sites, time and generations have hidden the locations. But their failures and victories, their works of faith that live on in the psalms and writings in the Bible, remind us of our need for God.

Memorials of stone, marble and brass may not last. But our life of faith and the example we set will be passed down from generation to generation—a permanent monument that will stand the test of time.

Prayer: Dear Father, help us to live in a way that those who come after us will find in our lives true examples of faith in you. Amen