August 12, 2009

Harvest time painting

A legacy of faith

John and I recently took a 5 day vacation to Prague, Czech Republic. We went with all Israelis so the guide spoke Hebrew when he was not speaking Czech!

Since my heritage from my father's side is Czech Moravian, I wanted to see that country, although I do not know any relatives there.  I was surprised that in Prague, the bakeries did not have any of the wonderful kolaches my Grandmother would make. I was told Prague is Bohemian and the baked items were in the southeatern part of the country, Moravia.

So we ventured out on a 3 hour train to a small town in a rural area (no wonder my family are farmers). And mind you, there is less English spoken there! It was a delightful day and for some reason, I grew to appreciate my family even more. My grandfather who died when I was only 3 years old, was born on the ship to America. Like many Czech families, they settled in central Texas.  Being Moravian is pretty special too... they had the longest prayer meeting in history, over 100 years of praying for the world to know Christ.

After returning to Prague, John was insistent we find a painting of Harvest time done by a Czech artist.  So pictured is our newest painting done in the early 1900's.  It is small and now hangs over me in the bedroom.

I am mindful that someone in my family prayed for me and passed down a legacy of faith in God. What a magnificent blessing!  So ask yourself today, who has prayed for you, what grandmother or great great great uncle? And then do the same and pray for your children and the future generations which are "in you."