So, I wrote this post last night. LATE last night. However, the text did not show up, so, I shall continue it on tonight. I am going to take a different approach to it this evening than I was planning. To do this, I am taken to Colossians 3. Verses 18 - 25. "Wives, submit yourselves until your own husbands, as it is for in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. Father's, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eye service, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons."Family is important. I can rest my case with this statement alone, "with divorce rate rising, and marriages failing, families crumbling, there is no doubt the devil is working over time to destroy our families today. If family wasn't important, why would he be going to extreme lengths to destroy it?" I believe the five most important relationships you will have in your life are as follows...The Relationship With Your Parents
The Relationship With Your Siblings (if applicable) The Relationship With Friends The Relationship With The Opposite Gender The Relationship With God (most important)Many teens push their parents and family off. I understand that in a way, yet I don't one bit. I feel that the emphasis on family today as became overly prominent, above God Himself, yet in many regards isn't brought out enough. The way God set up the family has been brushed aside while a humanistic way if raising a family has been tried, and failed. I realize, many of y'all are living with families who are far from perfect (but aren't we all). There can be no perfect family because there are no perfect people. Maybe you've sat through Christmas get togethers that went far less than well. I understand that. I have a blessed with a great family. Many times, maybe its just me, but many times, I tend to overlook that fact seeing only their faults. Come on, I live with them. But I do have a great family. My parents raised me in church, I was homeschooled, I've had it a million times better than many other kids do. However, as some have accused me of before, I am not living in a "perfect family", neither do they have the perfect daughter (or sister, or however it applies). How dare I expect more from them than what I do myself. How dare I expect them to meet the picture I have in my head while I certainly am not close to hitting any perfect daughter awards. The only reason families today aren't how they could be, or used to be, is because families have gotten their roles all mixed up. As explained throught the Bible, every family member has a specific job to do, allowing the family to work. When one member fails to their part, it disrupts the whole family. However, the fact of one member ignoring their position does not give the others the right to disreguard theirs. We still have a job to do. We won't answer for what others do, but we will answer for what we do. This Christmas, treasure your family. Enjoy it. Thank God for who you have today because you never know who may not be here next Christmas.
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