If you could use one word to honor your mother, what word would you choose, Nancy?

Wow, well, lots of words come to mind, but I guess if I had to choose one right now, Dana, I would say my mother was persevering.

Beautiful word. And your husband, Robert, is with us today. Robert, what word would you use to describe your mother?

Oh, Dana, that is so easy. Why? Because on August 30th, 1916, her parents named her Grace.

Oh, precious. And my mother, I would probably, I would need two words, prayer warrior.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy and Robert Walgamuth, authors of You Can Trust God to Write Your Story.

For May 7th, 2020, I'm Dana Gresh.

Thank you. As Mother's Day approaches, I have a question for all of us.

How well are we doing at passing on the truth about Jesus

Christ to the next generation? And even if you don't have children, what are you doing to invest

in the lives of those coming behind us? There's a verse in the New Testament that's been on my

heart as we think about this matter of passing on truth from one generation to the next.

It's found in 2 Timothy chapter 1 and it's verse 5, where the Apostle Paul writes to Timothy,

his son in the faith.

Now, the name Timothy means one who honors God.

Where did Timothy get that name? Where did he get a heart

to honor God? Well, Paul tells us in 2 Timothy 1 verse 5, he says, I'm reminded of your sincere

faith, Timothy, of faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother, Eunice, and now I am sure,

dwells in you as well. So Timothy's mother and his grandmother, both had a genuine, unhypocrical

faith, and that's the faith they passed on to their son and grandson, Timothy. I'm so thankful to have

that kind of legacy in my own life, a sincere faith that was passed on to me from my mother,

and even as you'll hear later, from one of my great grandmothers. Dana, I'm so thankful that my

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