ASLC Devotions - Thursday

2 Timothy 1:5

I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, lives in you.

Paul is writing to his young colleague Timothy to encourage him in his ministry, even as he affirms his gratitude to God for him, for his mother, and for his grandmother. Timothy may be young in years, but he has been deeply nurtured in his faith throughout his life. And Paul knows the importance of Timothy's service in those start-up years of the early church.

Each Sunday, as we gather in worship and turn the pages of our hymnal, to find the announced hymn, I find myself first checking the small print at the bottom of the page, to note the name and age of the hymn writer and composer. (If you don't want the world to know your age, don't write hymns.) Some of our hymns are "golden oldies", hymns centuries old which we've sung all our lives. However, more and more of the hymns we also love to sing have been written in very recent decades. Great  hymns. Very meaningful hymns. How reaffirming it is, that faith is passed from generation to generation----"Faith of our Fathers (and Mothers) Living Still"----yet ALSO faith of our sisters and brothers, faith of our children and grandchildren, faith of old and young alike!"

And like Paul we say, "thanks be to God".

Del Anderson

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