Gatekeepers....

Gatekeepers ....

There comes a scary time in every parent's life when they are launching their children...it comes with the first babysitting time, or entering school for the first time, that first date, or the first time the child drives away on their solo trip...or graduation, heading for their first job or college years and even when they leave for their first job, marriage...lots of launching times when you look at our lives...

The parent has been a gatekeeper for years...watching who and what enters into the family..not that we have total charge...God does....but we monitor many things throughout the earlier years of our children...we usually want the very best for our children...we want to guard them from the evils around us..

In the Old Testament, gate keepers were appointed for the temple, the towns...their job was important in the safety of others...just as parent's are...

I watch as my children are gatekeepers for their children...it is a daunting task as it was for us and those who went before us...some of my grandchildren are launching into college life and beyond...out of the safety of the that which  has enfolded them...now with open hands again, the parents ( and grandparents) are watching, praying for these young adults as they leave the fold finding new pastures, new adventures, leaning on the God who really has control, the real Gatekeeper, the eternal lover of their souls...

What adventures, lesson await...but God is in Control...thank YOU...



gate·keep·er  (gāt′kē′pər)
n.
1. One that is in charge of passage through a gate.
2. One who monitors or oversees the actions of others.
3. One who controls access to something, such as information or services: publishers as gatekeepers.
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gatekeeper (ˈɡeɪtˌkiːpə)
n
1. a person who has charge of a gate and controls who may pass through it
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gate•keep•er (ˈgeɪtˌki pər)

n.
1. a person in charge of a gate, usu. to supervise the traffic or flow through it.
2. a person or thing that controls entrance or access: a gatekeeper for a busy executive.
3. a guardian; monitor: the gatekeepers of Western culture.

.....Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain.
Psalm 127:1b

These divisions of the gatekeepers, through their leaders, had duties for ministering in the temple of the Lord, just as their relatives had. Lots were cast for each gate, according to their families, young and old alike.

1 Chronicles 26:12-13

They and their descendants were in charge of guarding the gates of the house of the Lord —the house called the tent of meeting. The gatekeepers were on the four sides: east, west, north and south. Their fellow Levites in their villages had to come from time to time and share their duties for seven-day periods. But the four principal gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the responsibility for the rooms and treasuries in the house of God. They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they had to guard it; and they had charge of the key for opening it each morning.
1 Chronicles 9:23-27

2 The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
John 10:2-3