Verses: Psalms 78: 1 - 72
Song inspired by the
chapter: Song has been uploaded from YouTube.com and is not my original.
My thoughts about the
verses:
One of the saddest
things that happen is when people lose their information about their
ancestors. In olden days people knew the
stories of their family. They learned
about the good and bad things that happened.
The fact is knowing about your family history was just as important as
other things you could learn.
My family always talked
about being Native Americans. We knew
some information from different ancestors.
Yet, there was a break in the family link. The family had been separated by less than
100 miles their whole life. Yet, those
hundred miles meant that the family would be divided for over three
generations.
When I started attending
college I had an opportunity to get money to help with my degree if I could
prove my Native American Status. The first
step was to find where my great-grandfather came from. In a matter, of a few weeks my grandfather
met his first cousins. It was amazing to
find out that we had a whole family history we didn’t know about.
Through that process I
found out information that took my family back all the way to the 1500’s. Not only did I prove our Native American
Heritage we also discovered that part of the family was from Prussia. It still amazes me how many of my great great…grandfathers
served as ministers or other church leaders in Prussia. We learned that my family had fought during
the American Revolution War. It was
amazing to see how much we had done as a family.
A history that has now been
regained and is being passed down to new generations. I am lucky that I was able to reconnect. So many others cannot reconnect what has been
lost. For those there are multiple
reasons that they do not know their history.
Yet, it is never too late to share what you do know to the ones to
come.
You never know what will
happen. You might even find out that
someone that you have given fish to for fifty years is your first cousin. That is what happened to my grandfather. He had been visiting another cousin on his
Moms side of his family. He would always
give the nice lady across the way the catfish he caught. At 75 years old he learned that she was his
first cousin.
Isn’t this what is
happening in these scriptures. The Jewish
ancestry is being passed from one generation to the next. The fact is that they didn’t hide the fact
that there were some bad things that happened.
They actually taught that to help future generations not make the same
mistake.
They also taught about
the things that God had done for them.
How they had been victorious over enemies. How they survived exile from one promise land
to the next. They learned that the life wasn’t
always a bed of roses. Yet, if you trust
God you will be able to overcome.
Learning your ancestry
helps you appreciate all of the things that have happened and how people have
survived. For us this Psalm shows us how
we as Christians made it to today. If
the Jewish culture had died during one of the exiles would we ever have our Messiah? So we need to thank God for helping the
people then and now.
Prayer:
We praise you God for
all you have done. We thank you for
teaching us about our past so we can learn how to act in the future. Help us to always keep you in the center of
our life. Help us praise you for all the
things that you have and will do in our life.
In the name of the Almighty we pray.
Amen
Questions:
Do you know your family
history? Do you see how you can learn
things from the past? Do you understand
the connection from the Jewish community and the Christian Community of
today? Are you willing to thank God for
all the things that have and will happen in your life? Are you ready to share the past with the
future so that they can learn not to make the same mistakes? Are you ready to share the victories so that
future generations will accept the favor that God has shown for your family and
community?
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