Praying for your children's salvation

Good morning ladies!
     It's a beautiful day here in Southern California.
     Yesterday I was privliedged to attend a Memorial service of a dear lady.  She had lived 93 years, most of which she knew the Lord Jesus as her Savior and Lord.  She married a man who became a pastor of a church and then a professor at a Seminary.  She loved the Lord and served Him in many ways, one way she served Him was at a Bible Study that I also attended and that is how I met her.
     The pastor who took the service told us her name meant:  "bright, shining light."  Those of us who knew her would certainly agree with this.  She was a bright shining light whereever she went.  Her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren readily stood up and told the crowd of her sweet spirit, how her actions should be emulated, and how kind and generous she was to them.  She was greatly loved by her family and others that came in contact with her.  "Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life, righteouness, and honor."  Proverbs 21:21  This Proverb would show us that her life was one that led to honor from her family and others.  As an older woman she displayed character traits that are to be admired and instilled in our lives.  She would have told us that it is Jesus Christ that made a difference in her life.
     One grandson was unable to be there and he wrote that he had lived with her during college years, she often spoke of her faith with him.  He had one day asked her to never speak of her faith in his presence again because he didn't agree with her.  She lovingly didn't and for this action he greatly respected her.....but this didn't keep her from praying for him.  Our Bible study group prayed often for her family and the family members in the other leaders families though not by name many times, God knew their names.
     She, in her lifetime did not come to see him accept the Lord Jesus as Savior as many of the people in the faith chapter of Hebrews 11 didn't see their promises come about, because God has something better planned.  "And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised, since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect."  Hebrews 11:39-40.
     She now has left this responsibility of prayer for his salvation, and the salvation of other family members to her friends who know Jesus personally and toothers in the family who care.  Perhaps you could offer a prayer for them right now?  Perhaps there are unsaved family members and loved ones that you have, now would be a good time to pray for them.  You may not see them saved during your lifetime but the Lord is not finished yet.  Paul wrote to Timothy, "God our Savior...wants all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth."  I Timothy 2:3-4   God desires all to be saved and He works in families.
    We then wait patiently on God.  "Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him."  Psalm 37:7  The salvation of a soul is God's work, though we do our part by praying, by living Christ before them and by speaking to them of the salvation provided for by the Lord Jesus. "God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him, will not perish but have everlasting life."  John 3:16
      Let's be faithful today to pray for those we love that do not know Jesus personally.  There is nothing better than having a personal relationship with Him.  Then let's trust God to do a perfect work in their lives in His own timing.  Let's trust Him right up to the end of our lives like she did, knowing He would do what was best.
     "The righteous who walks in his integrity--blessed are his children after him."  Proverbs 20:7