Inheritance

On Thursday, 07.01.10, I received a call from one of my aunt informing me that grandma had passed away. I then asked a friend to book a flight for me, went back to Bandung the next day, and coming back to Sg again on Monday. Learned a couple of things from the sermons and from interactions with others, one of them is about inheritance...

Grandma left us only her clothes and other belongings. No big amount of money. No huge house. In fact, in the past years my Dad & Uncle has spent so much for her medication.
But from one testimony delivered by a preacher from her church, I knew about her faithfulness.
"Setia sampai akhir", the preacher mentioned. "To be faithful till the end".
That sentence made me think.... and I realized... grandma had inherited something that is far more precious than money... It is the true faith...

Like Timothy that had Lois (his grandma) and Eunice (mother) that inherited their faith through their teaching, I have my late grandpa & grandma that inherited their faith to my Dad, and I have Dad & Mom that inherited their faith by always encouraging me know Jesus since I was born, to participate more in serving God, and showing me real-life example of faithfulness to God till He called them back (in this case, my grandpa & grandma).

I am grateful. For me, it's a privilege. Not everyone could have his/her family members as their role models of faith. God knows I'm weak. I need to SEE examples *visual learner* from people that is close to me, people that I grew with *stronger emotional attachment*.
Those examples has encouraged me a lot in times of doubt.

Then come the time to ponder about my life.
"What did, do, and will you inherit to others, Ita?"
Well, maybe now I don't have my own children, but I have "spiritual children". I have friends. I have brothers. I have families.
What have I inherited? What have I teached them? Does it have eternal values? Or it just helped them to solve temporary issues?
Then I said to myself, "Must leave them eternal inheritance, Ita. Like what your grandparents have done in their lives, show others a life full of love, faith, hope, obedience, and perseverance. Help them to start knowing the true and living God, and to build stronger relationship with God."

Help me, LORD.