May You Live to See Your Parents' Parents

From LifeDate - Winter 2006.

May You Live to See Your Parents’ Parents

By Rev. Dr. James I. Lamb

This title is a take off from the Scriptural blessing, "May you live to see your children’s children" (Psalm 128:6 GOD’S WORD). Being a grandparent is one in a long list of undeserved blessings from God. I rejoice as I look at the pictures of our granddaughter on my screen saver. But not all can rejoice.

A gentleman stood quietly weeping as he viewed the fetal models at our LFL display. When I inquired if I could help, he responded, "I had a grandchild aborted about this size," pointing to the 15-week baby. The pain of a single abortion touches many lives. For every abortion, at least ten other people are affected. That means abortion affects over 36,000 people every day. Some of them are grandma and grandpa who will never see, and will never be seen by, their grandchild.

Right now, thank God for your grandparents. Thank God if you are a grandparent. Ask God to comfort grandparents grieving because of an abortion. Join me in a simple prayer for all children not yet born: May you live to see your parents’ parents.

An unborn child 16 weeks from conception.