Over the years it has been good to read hundreds of newsletters from brothers and sisters in Christ from all over the world. It is especially interesting when they share unexpected personal memories.  I want to share a couple of pictures, one which my mom sent to me recently.  I have never seen the picture with my great grandparents until she sent it (see picture below).  It is my great Grandma and Grandpa Adams with the five oldest of their great grandchildren.  She is holding me, my sister is below, and the other three children are my older cousins.

From one of the stories which one of my cousins told me that he had told her, I suspect that great-Grandpa Adams was a believer.

I am confident that my other great-grandfather Brantley was saved.  He wrote his own obituary, and stated as much. I also have his Bible.  It is still in the wooden case he carried (pictured above).  The book itself is very worn and tattered, falling apart.  I like to imagine that he used his Bible frequently, and that he might have led people to the Lord Jesus.  It is an unproveable theory, but it is possible.  Unfortunately, he did not write in his Bible as I do in mine.  I would have liked to read what the Lord had been teaching him.

I guess that my point in all of this is that it is important to leave a trail of information about your spiritual condition for future generations.  It could be important for them to know that you were a believer in Jesus Christ. Perhaps you could write out your testimony and give it to all of your children and grandchildren.  Maybe you could lead your great-great grandchild to Christ!  You never know.