Rebuilding the River
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous. — Proverbs 13:22 At church, we’ve been talking a lot about spiritual legacy, how to pass on a life of faith, obedience, and intimacy with God to the next generation. And it made me think about another kind of legacy that is just as spiritual, yet often forgotten, Financial legacy! Not just money, but the kind of wisdom and stewardship that can carry God’s blessing through generations. Recently, I was working on my family tree, and I noticed something that really caught me by surprise; on both sides of my family, my mother’s and my father’s their grandfathers and even their fathers were wealthy men. They were respected in their communities, with land, businesses, and the kind of stability many people work years to build. But somewhere along the line, the wealth didn’t continue, It stopped with their generation! My parents’ generation had to start again from the...