It Was Just Yesterday

Proverbs 23:25 “So give your father and mother joy! May she who gave you birth be happy.”Okay, I promise I’m not turning Proverbs Daily into The Lakyn Show.Just give me a little grace.I’m a new grandpa.This past Sunday, I was standing in our daughter Asia’s house holding her newborn son.My grandson.And everybody in the house was just…happy.You know those moments when nobody has to manufacture the joy?It was just there.And while I was holding Lakyn, something happened in my mind.For a moment, in a flash it was thirty-something years ago.I was standing in our little apartment holding Asia.Our baby girl.Her first week home from the hospital.And I thought…Man.That was just yesterday.Then Proverbs 23:25 touched me differently:“So give your father and mother joy! May she who gave you birth be happy.” (NLT)Standing there, I realized I was somehow on both sides of that verse.I’m still somebody’s son.I was once the baby being held.Then I became the father holding my daughter.And now I’m the grandfather watching my daughter hold her son.Three generations.Just like that. And for this little moment…I’m standing right at the hinge.Life will do that to you.The days can feel incredibly long while you’re living in them.Working.Raising children.Trying to pay bills.Making mistakes.Figuring people out. Figuring yourself out!Then one day, you look up…and yesterday is standing in front of you holding tomorrow.That’s why I want to tell somebody today:Keep on loving.Keep on living.Keep on doing the work.Even if you don’t have children, you’re still planting something in people whether you know it or not.You may not see where all this love is going yet.But sometimes life surprises you with a moment that lets you see the pattern.And when it happens…hold it.Because yesterday doesn’t really disappear.Sometimes it grows up, has a baby, and hands you tomorrow.🔥 REMEMBERYesterday may be quietly growing into tomorrow right before you.🙏🏽 PRAYERLord, give me more moments to see love come full-circle.🎯 TODAY’S CHALLENGECall one person who held you when you were small. Tell them you remember.

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