following in my footsteps

I recently saw some pictures of my great nieces playing piano. They were having lots of fun, making memories at Grandma's house (which just happens to be the same home where I grew up.)

Aren't they adorable????

I remembered an old grainy photo that was taken of me when I was a child in the same house ~ a different piano, but located in the very same spot in the house!

All together now.... aawww!!!

After I got all misty eyed about the concept ~

my sister living in the house where we grew up,

her kids coming home to experience family heritage,

her grandchildren experiencing the joy of

the modest little house that love built in 1944

~ I got thinking of something else...

So these little girls are now doing and loving what I used to do and love so many years ago, but does it go any deeper than plunking a childish song on a piano?

If they are following in Great Aunt Judith's footsteps, I pray that it will be the footsteps of a godly woman following Christ as best I can ~

certainly not perfectly, but learning as I grow

Once again I'm reminded of a song...

"may all who come behind us find us faithful

may the fire of our devotion light their way

may the footprints that we leave

lead them to believe

and the lives we live inspire them to obey"