Family Tree
Tal Lewis…J.C. Lewis…Jimmy Lewis…Phil Lewis…Nikki Gerald, Hunter Lewis, Dylan Lewis … and the beat goes on and on and on and on… . Talkin bout “family trees”…and the “branches” that shoot off and produce even more. I sometimes sit and think about those ancestors that produced us…what their mannerisms and thoughts must’ve looked like. Did their own parents look at them and wonder what God’s plans were…where He would take em ? I never knew my great grandfather…and have heard barely nothing about him. I’ve visited his gravesite off Old Pearl Rd., read the inscription on his marker…but never knew what his dreams looked like … never heard about his work, his hobbies or how he treated my Bigmama. Did he pattern his life after his own daddy’s … was he saved at an early age … was he a gambler and alcoholic like his son … was he a hard worker or lazy ??? I guess I’ll never know. I did know a little about my Bigdaddy…my daddy’s daddy … and of course, i know alot about my own daddy … and i won’t speak ill of the dead or embellish at this time. What I’ll point out is, while we can’t choose our parents or our ancestors, we CAN choose to make wiser choices with our OWN lives … breaking some old lineage chains and doing some rerouting. Just because there’s “Lewis” blood runnin through my veins, doesn’t mean i haveta do the things that some of them did. I can take advantage of the blood that’s made me clean, righteous and holy … the blood of my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ ! He washed my sins away with it on the cross … once and for all ! ( Hebrews 10:1-18 ) I can only hope that my “forefathers” found the same relationship with Christ that I’ve found. I hope they’re not dying of thirst and in torment because of their decisions they made while they were alive on earth ( Luke 16:19-31 ). We who are still breathing this earth’s oxygen, have the opportunity to take hold of an opportunity that requires ACTION on our part. If we’ll, by faith, trust God’s written Word and place the Lordship of our lives in Jesus’ hands, we can rest assured that we’ll not only be safe, but that we’ll receive all the benefits from this new life we’ve found in Christ ! We’ll have the Holy Spirit of GOD placed inside us…as our Helper, Counseler and Guide ! We’ll be able to make godly choices, seeing and understanding the things of GOD…the good ( Romans 12:2 ) and pleasing things of GOD. Jesse… David…JESUS… “us” … “ The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him—the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of councel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD—and he will delight in the fear of the LORD…( Isaiah 11:1-3 ). A shoot coming outta the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit ! “I am the Vine, you are the branches…abide in me and produce fruit. Apart from me, you can do nothing”— Jesus ( John 15:5 ) Connected…consecrated ?