Quotes about Generations

Here is a scene that happens in Brazil thousands of times each day: It's early morning. Time for young Marcos to leave for school. As he gathers his books and heads for the door, he stops by his father's chair. He looks into his father's face. "Benção, Pai?" (Blessing, Father?) Marcos asks. The father raises his hand. "Deus te abençoe, meu filho" (God bless you, my son), he says.

God, the Master Weaver. He stretches the yarn and intertwines the colors, the ragged twine with the velvet strings, the pains with the pleasures. Nothing escapes his reach. Every king, despot, weather pattern, and molecule are at his command. He passes the shuttle back and forth across the generations, and as he does, a design emerges. Satan weaves; God reweaves.

Momma, always self-conscious at public displays of emotions not traceable to a religious source, told me to come with her and we'd bring the bread and bowls.

Humility says there were people before me who found the path. I'm a road builder. For those who are yet to come, I seem to be finding the path and they will be road builders. That keeps one humble. Love keeps one humble.

some of our descendents

LORD, Your name endures forever, Your reputation, LORD, through all generations. Psalm 135:13

God has a task for you—one He planned very long ago and suited for our present generation. Remember you are not responsible for completing anyone else's task, just yours. God desires for us to encourage one another in our tasks (see Heb. 10:24—25), but we are responsible only for completing our own.

Enter and possess the good land the Lord your God swore to give your fathers. Deuteronomy 6:18

God keeps His gracious covenant loyalty for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commands. Deuteronomy 7:9

The revealed things belong to us and our children forever, so that we may follow all the words of this law. Deuteronomy 29:29

This is the land I promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, "I will give it to your descendants." Deuteronomy 34:4

Enoch walked with God 300 years and fathered sons and daughters… . Enoch walked with God. Genesis 5:22, 24