Comments on: Planting for a Harvest https://legacycoalition.com/planting-for-a-harvest/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=planting-for-a-harvest Helping grandparents have a greater spiritual impact on their families Mon, 18 Oct 2021 23:05:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Carol Beaver https://legacycoalition.com/planting-for-a-harvest/#comment-1000 Mon, 18 Oct 2021 23:05:03 +0000 https://legacycoalition.com/?p=29126#comment-1000 Thank you, Deb, for this thought-provoking and challenging post. God created a world of metaphors that can inform our thinking about so much of life.

]]> By: Legacy Coalition Blog Team https://legacycoalition.com/planting-for-a-harvest/#comment-999 Mon, 18 Oct 2021 21:00:56 +0000 https://legacycoalition.com/?p=29126#comment-999 In reply to Kaye Kendall.

Thank you for your kind remarks. Thank you for all the hard work as a farmer!
If you go to our main Facebook page The Legacy Coalition-Grandparenting Matters – you can share it from there if your group is on Facebook.
If not if you send me an email at debd@legacycoalition.com, I will send you a word document of the article. God’s Blessings.

]]> By: Legacy Coalition Blog Team https://legacycoalition.com/planting-for-a-harvest/#comment-998 Mon, 18 Oct 2021 20:54:45 +0000 https://legacycoalition.com/?p=29126#comment-998 In reply to Paul Martin.

Thank you for your comment. You are right about it being a balance as well as it is in the God’s hand. Our concern is to lovingly share and allow the Holy Spirit to do what only He can do. We are striving for authentic disciples. May God use your godly influence to impact your grandchildren for Him.

]]> By: Paul Martin https://legacycoalition.com/planting-for-a-harvest/#comment-997 Mon, 18 Oct 2021 20:26:18 +0000 https://legacycoalition.com/?p=29126#comment-997 “May we be busy this harvest season of our lives, ‘making sure’ our children and grandchildren know and love the Lord.”
I’m sure this sentence was well-intended, but it does contrast with the following sentence:
“Above all, keep your eyes on the ‘One who controls it all’. Just as a farmer does all he can ‘to ensure’ the best crop and harvest, ‘ultimately it is in God’s hands.'”
This at times can be a difficult balance to maintain, but if we edge into “making sure,” the likely result is that they and others will feel pressured rather than loved. I have observed that the word “disciple,” has almost as many meanings as those who use it! Jesus defined disciples as those who have a disposition to obey everything he has commanded. This by definition has to be a voluntary decision activated by the Holy Spirit; therefore, I don’t think this is the best way to describe the relationship we have with young children and grandchildren. I think that godly influence is a great aim that can be pursued in conversation and demonstration, but that is distinct from the idea of discipling them. Thanks for your consideration!

]]> By: Kaye Kendall https://legacycoalition.com/planting-for-a-harvest/#comment-996 Mon, 18 Oct 2021 19:16:16 +0000 https://legacycoalition.com/?p=29126#comment-996 Deb,
Thank you for this wonderful blog. I especially related to your comment: “Bringing in the harvest takes work, hard work, and long hours.” I grew up on a cotton farm around Muleshoe, Texas. Our happiest memories revolved around harvest time when the fruit of our family’s work was finally realized.

All of us were a part of the planting, watering, weeding, praying, and reaping. We were especially involved with the weeding on those hot Texas summer days because school was out, and we could NOT be wasting our time. Harvesting that first bale of cotton was such a time of rejoicing. Lots of times, my dad would be on his tractor when we brought his Thanksgiving Dinner for him to eat. He did not want to miss a minute of the harvest in the sunshine in case those Autumn Northers brought rain, snow, and ice ruining the quality of his beloved cotton crop. Those were precious, but demanding memories for sure.

We have five of the most wonderful grandchildren, and take great delight in being connected to their lives almost daily. We moved to Frisco, Texas to be close to them. Every Friday, when they were small, we went to their house and celebrated “Super Friday Night Wind-Down” with them so that their Dad and Mom could go out. We all absolutely loved it. Now, as they are in high school, we are more connected to preparing Monday Pasta Nights or Taco Tuesdays because they are growing so fast and are always hungry.

As we are on the verge of “Gathering the Crops,” in the lives of our grandchildren, your blog was spot on for us at this time in our lives. I am grateful that you shared the Psalm 78:2-7 with us. I think it will be one of my new favorites. Thank you for it.

Because I am technologically challenged, could you help me know how to send this blog to my Women’s Bible Study group? I believe that they would be very interested. I appreciate your help.

Please continue with your God-Inspired comments which are so helpful to us.

Only by His Grace,
Kaye Kendall

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