day no. 16,395: a good man lives like a grandfather

Proverbs 13:22

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children.

A good man lives like a grandfather. He doesn't merely provide for his children, but for his grandchildren and great grandchildren. He doesn't simply give his children what they need, he teaches them how to provide for the needs of his grandchildren.

1 Timothy 5:8

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

A man must provide for his own. If he does not do this, he isn't a man, let alone a good one. It is less than human to neglect the needs of those who need you.

So, a man must provide, but a good man goes further. He preaches to his great grandchildren by teaching his children to teach their children to teach their children. He begins by fighting for his children, continues by fighting along side them, and ends by fighting through them for generations after he is gone.

Deuteronomy 6:1–2

Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.

Length of days is afforded to the one who keeps his son's son in mind. His legacy lives on after he no longer does.

A good man is a grandpa and lives for generations by remembering them — and being remembered by them.