Acts
16:1
Lois's
story is told in only two verses, yet it is one with which many of us
can identify. We know her in her roles as mother and grandmother.
How
many of us tend to see ourselves in terms of those hearts walking
around outside our bodies, also known as our children?
It
takes a few seconds to read either of these verses, and realize that
Lois was a woman of great faith, who passed on her faith to her child
and grandchild. Could Lois have possibly known when Eunice married a
Greek man, worshipper of Zeus and Mercury, that her grandchild would
leave such a testimony? Even if she did realize the possibility,
she would have understood that Eunice's role in raising this child
would be harder than if she had married within her own faith.
And
no doubt Lois was right there, faithfully praying and helping.
Perhaps, as we women do, she was getting underfoot a bit in the
younger family's household.
Come, you
children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Psalm 34:11NASB
Lois
was a believer, but it must have broken her heart when her daughter
married an unbeliever. Yet her grandson is remembered for his
Christian faith, "which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and
in your mother Eunice. . . " II
Timothy 1:5
