like father, like son--or maybe not

Godly men leave a godly heritage, a legacy--right? Yeah, not always the case.

I was reading through 1 Samuel 8 today and discovered that Samuel's boys (Joel and Abijah) took over dear old dad's role as Judges in Israel. But the weren't like Samuel--they were greedy and lacked integrity. They took bribes and perverted justice.

Eli, the priest/judge raised Samuel, and Sammy turned out to be a godly man. But Eli also raised 2 sons (Hophni and Phinehas) who didn't know God and were destroyed according to God's judgment.

Aaron's first 2 sons (Nadav and Avihu) failed to follow in their father's footsteps and were consumed by the fire of God .

David's sons were many, and we don't know many good things about any of them other than Solomon. Absolom tried to kill his dad to get the throne.

Adam had 2 boys at first, and Cain killed Abel because God accepted his brother's sacrifice/offering, but rejected Cain's.

I want my children to know the Lord, to fall in love with him, to follow him, to find true life in him. My wife and I are in the process of reviewing our time (priorities) so that we don't mess up our family any more than is absolutely necessary. We've decided to say NO to some pretty good things so that we can say YES to the truly great (important) things.

A wise man once told me that when I say YES to one thing, I am necessarily saying NO to other things. I guess that it's pretty important that I choose the right things to say YES to, isn't it?

you must choose, but choose wisely, for as the real grail brings eternal life, the false grail brings death

well, not the grail, really, but you know what I mean.