Walk about Zion,

go round about her,

number her towers,

consider well her ramparts,

go through her citadels,

that you may tell

   the next generation 

   that this is God,

our God for ever and ever.

He will be our guide for ever.

                    Psalm 48. 12-14

(There is no greater gift

than faithfulness to God

lived out fully 

            and passed on.

This is how 

the next generation knows

what is real:

    by what they see in you.)