The Legacy of a Godly Example

The movie, “City by the Sea,” is about the Castro Revolution and how it affected one Cuban family. Andy Garcia, himself of Cuban descent, both directed and starred in it. There is a scene toward the end where Garcia’s character is leaving for America. In it, his once well-to-do, but now weak and aged father, says to him, “I have left you so little my son.” To which Garcia makes this great and profound statement, “How can you say that? You left me the wealth of your example.”

Interestingly, before Jesus went away, He said to His children, “I have given you an example.” And they were the richer for it! Will we be able to say this to our children before leaving this world? Will we leave them the wealth of our example?

My oldest daughter Leah wrote a song years ago, entitled,

A Goodly Heritage.

I may not have riches as some others may,

But I have a mother who knows how to pray;

And maybe there are some things I missed in my youth,

But I have a father who stands for the truth.

And if in the future my parents pass on,

To dwell in that city we’ve come to call home;

They may not leave me the goods of this world,

But I will inherit their God and His Word!

I have a goodly heritage;

I’m blessed with things you don’t see.

I have a goodly heritage,

And that is worth far more to me.”

by an Aged Saint

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