A great-grandfather’s emotional response to a baby’s name will melt your heart. The elderly man could not keep himself from bursting into tears once he learned the name of his great-grandson. Watch the short but precious clip to see how the great-grandfather reacted when he made the sweet discovery.
None of us will live forever. The exact amount of time we’ve been allotted on Earth is unknowable, but it’s relatively safe to say that no one alive right now will be around in 100 years from now. Our bodies, which break down and wear out over time, are not made to last centuries. They are temporary, much like our time on this planet.
That’s why we must and should make the most of the time we’ve been given. Care about others more than ourselves, put their needs ahead of our own and strive to make a true and lasting impact on someone else’s life. After all, that’s what Jesus commands us to do in Mark. Right after He says we are to love God with all that we are, we are to love our neighbor as ourselves.
But how do we ever know if we’ve impacted and made a difference in someone else’s life? Most of the time, we don’t, but we have to trust that our words and actions did make a difference. However, in a clip posted on YouTube, one man witnessed the evidence that he had impacted another person.
In the video, an elderly gentleman is lovingly peering down at a newborn baby when he realizes the child, his great-grandson, has been named after him.
“You’re kidding,” he says, as his eyes start to fill up with tears. “You’re kidding me.”
From that point forward, the great-grandfather is a puddle of tears. He is beyond moved by the gesture that his grandson thought enough of him to name his child after him.
Proverbs 17:6 “Children’s children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.”
