It's Only Natural.

Children's children are the crown of ald men,
and the glory of children is their father. Prov. 17:6

Tebra and I have known Jack and Barbara Givens for two decades. We have experienced many joys and sorrows together and have watched each other's children grow up. What a blessing it is to have both of us have a grandchild born on the same day!
Less than an hour after Ella Jane Sanchez was born, I had already seen 5 pictures of her. It isn't as if I don't have plenty of my own to show people.
Why? Why do parents show off their children? Why do grandparents want others to see their pictures and listen to the stories of their grandchildren?
Because it is natural.
God's Word says it is only natural for grandparents to boast of their grandchildren. It is as natural for a parent to glory, wear a parent crown (bumper sticker), to boast of a child, as it is for a child to brag about his daddy. It's only natural to share in the achievements and accomplishments of our ancestry and of our posterity.
Tomorrow, Pastor Jack is preaching at the church where his parents are members in South Carolina. Then he has the honor of baptizing his own dad. After all these years as a church member, Mr. Given confessed he had never surrendered all his life to Christ. This 80+ dad was saved and is being baptized by his son.
Tomorrow, we will have Graduate Recognition Day at Englewood. There will be dozens of parents and grandparents taking pictures and wearing the crown of their children. It's only natural.
Question for me- Do I live in such a way that my Father in heaven wants to boast about me, as He did about Job?
Tomorrow will be a great day of worship, at both of these churches; and I wouldn't be surprised to see a couple of snapshots of grand babies either.