Good morning students,
It looks like I am not there again this morning. It is amazing what effect a 4 year old can have on a family and a school. I pray that most of you will be able to avoid this illness. It is not worth a day off.
So we are heading into the book of Numbers. Most of you probably cannot stand the thought of reading through this thing again. It appears to be dull as we read through the long lists of various things. However, like most things, it depends on your perspective.
As I read through this I think of family. Some of you may have mixed emotions when it comes to family and that would be most likely caused by your age of development. Some of you have excellent relations with your family members, including mom and dad. Some of you have strained relations, meaning that you have a number of arguments with your parents. These arguments are not that much out of the ordinary as you move from childhood to adulthood. Some adolescents and parents handle this change very well. Others hit some troubled waters. Yet, after the adjustment comes an appreciation for your family. Some of you may find it hard to believe but it is true. Right now you are learning independence, slowly. You want to have it quickly and your parents are making their adjustments slowly. Just keep in mind it is their responsibility to ease you into adulthood and there may be some hard lessons there for you to learn.
The family is a creation of God. He designed it and put it into place for a reason. It is a thing that we will be part of you for the rest of our lives. It is a place where people know us and love us. A place were mistakes and forgiveness happens every day. It is a place of protection and growth. It is like a cacoon that protects while children grow and transform into the next step. It is a place of challenges and formation. It is the one place in the world where we know we will be loved, no matter what kind of failure we become. It is a messy place because it doesn't always work as it should. Sometimes it breaks down. Sometimes it gets overwhelmed. Sometimes it needs help. But family never gives up on each other because God has knit the members together for the rest of their lives.
You will always need your mom and dad. The relationship will change. You will not always be so dependant on them but you will always need them. There will be times in your lives as a adults when you will only want to hear the comforting voice of your mom or the reassuring voice of your dad. The thing is that you will end up being like them. It can't be helped. When you spend so much time with someone for so long they rub off on you. You may not think so right now but in a number of years you will start hearing your parents in your own voice. Or you will catch a glimpse of yourself in the mirror and see your parents in your own reflection. We all start off determined that we will be different but we end up appreciating the likeness.
There was a pride in belonging to one of the twelve tribes. Each belonged to one nation yet each was so distinct from the other, with their own characteristics. You will take pride in your family name and you will want to know more of where the family came from and what some of your history is. It will give you a better understanding of who you are. It is good to know where you came from and how you got to where you are. That is what the Bible does for us.
As much as it is great belonging to our family here we belong to something even greater. The Father has brought us into his family as his adopted children. We get our identity from him and I hope our character as well. We should be able to see our brother Jesus in all our actions and hear him in our words. Jesus warned us that we should never be ashamed of him because if we are then he will be ashamed of us as well. There are some great consequences to being ashamed of our earthly family as well as our spiritual.
Take stock today what God has provided you with through your physical and spiritual family. Rejoice in it and celebrate. You will come to appreciate both. Have a great day.
12 comments:
I have a relatively good relationship with my parents. Even though we argue sometimes, we usually apologize when one of us is in the wrong. I made a conscious decision not to be a rude teenager, partially because I wanted to see if that was possible. A healthy relationship will be especially helpful when I need advice on things like what to do when the baby is crying at 3:00 AM and we have no idea how to stop him.
Just to tell you Jennifer is 5 years old and yeah she did sart itbecause i was sick to for a couple a days and that was bad i lost my perfect attendec award :'-(
but God is Blessing us right now and he love us.
I think Family is important. A relationship with our parents is very good. God wants us to have that with them. We should also always have a relationship with our heavenly father God.
I think family is the most important thing in like, after God, of course. This Saturday, I went to see some of my family, and I stopped and just looked around for a second. There was so much love :).
Well i do have a lot of arguments with my mom, sadly we tend to have different points of view on certain things. Even if people are always saying that i etheir look like my mom or I act like her, i believe that we are totally different. But I can't really see my myself not having my mom around, so having a nice healthy relationship with your parents is always a good thing.
I always found it odd that people rub off on us. You basically become someone totally different. Sometimes I wish I could become totally independent and be able to do anything I want to, but I can't.
I have a good realtionship with my parents and its good to have a good realationship with your family
Family has always been important to me, and it always will be. I think that, no matter what we think or how ever much we deny it, we will never be truly independant of our families.
It's good to have a healthy relationship with your family.I have a good relationship with my parents,Even though I argue with them sometimes.
Family is very important. they might do stuff to you that you wont like but that doesn't mean you should love them. Thats what makes them special.
mhm well i think differently of everyone else :P i dont know what is so special about family other then there ur family.
I think that one of the most important thing is family.I really care about my family because of many thing.I'm thanksful for them.
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