Family Life Is A Wondrous Blessing.
Please know this: In His boundless wisdom and mercy, God has created us to know and fully experience honest familial joy and peace. That is why each of us is undoubtedly born from a male and a female. Both the man and the woman are necessarily required—period. A sperm must fertilize an egg to spawn an embryo. This is irrefutable. We each have a father and a mother. Therefore, it is the responsibility of parents to faithfully rear their children in righteousness. Children are meant to utterly rely upon their parents. Don’t you see? This is the family. Parents beget children. Because children are born of the parents, the family is instituted. Isn’t this beautiful? Isn’t this marvelous? Isn’t this glorious? Of course, it is.
The family is unequivocally the most wondrous and splendid blessing that God has graciously granted mankind. Why? Because God is familial. He is our Father. We are His children. He loves us. He cares for us. He provides for our every need. He is our refuge. He is our strength. He bestows upon us perfect instruction for living uprightly each day. He never fails us. He never leaves or forsakes us. He seeks our fellowship daily. He is faithful. He is kind. He always showers us with His abundant mercies. He never hides anything from us. He unreservedly reveals Himself to us. He invariably grants us a righteous answer to each question dwelling within us. We, His people, are His family. God’s glorious and majestic name is spread throughout all of creation by His family. Thus, He compassionately vouchsafes us families of our own to honor and promote His righteousness in all that we perform as households.
As He is Father, parents are required to be fathers and mothers to their children. As we are His children, our offspring are called to live obediently and honor their parents. In the exact same manner that God is perfectly devoted and faithful to His children, parents on Earth must fervently strive to live for their children. As our entire existence is dependent upon our Father, children utterly trust in their parents for all things, both physically and spiritually. This is no secret to any human being. This is the truth of the family, which absolutely resides in each of our souls every day.
Rather than calculatedly living in direct obstinacy and opposition to this flawless ideal of the family, which has generously been endowed to us by our Heavenly Father, let’s ardently determine to honor our God and our families by striving with all our might to perfectly fulfill this magnificent standard. Let’s never refrain from communicating our hearts’ concerns and desires to one another. On no occasion should we ever circumvent or brush aside any topic present in our minds. Instead, let’s enthusiastically choose to reveal our souls to one another as a household. Let’s fervently express our innermost thoughts, wishes, and apprehensions together as a family. Parents, talk with your children daily. Listen to them. Give them an answer to each question that they ask of you.
Be certain to instruct your children first before anyone else does. Tell them that you love them. Make sure that they repeatedly hear the words, “I love you,” happily flowing from your mouth directly to them each day. Hug them. Hold them. Cherish them. Withhold none of your wisdom, experience, guidance, or charity from them. Pray with them. Let your kids know that you are grateful for them. Again, I say to you, talk to your children. In so doing, you powerfully demonstrate that you seek their salvation above all else.
Children, converse with your parents every day. Do not be afraid. Do not be embarrassed. You absolutely rely upon your parents. You know this. Candidly share your passions, excitement, anger, and frustrations with your mothers and fathers. If they love you, they will listen to you. They will hear you. They will serve, help, experience enjoyment with, and save you from any burden or heartbreak in your life. Verbally announce, “I love you,” to your parents every day. Do not be timid. Hug your moms and dads. Confidently assure your parents that you truly appreciate them. I beg of you to talk with your parents. Doing so profoundly exhibits your earnest desire to worship your God and revere your parents.
This is the blessed life of the family. I promise you that honest and unabashed communication within the household genuinely yields heartfelt familial harmony and peace. You have my word that silence as a family, on the other hand, legitimately generates utter familial obliteration. You, as individual members of your particular family, undoubtedly know that your calling is to speak your souls to one another as a family. This is undeniable.
Will you passionately execute this duty for the spiritual edification and salvation of your family? Or will you in a measured fashion purposefully refuse to perform this responsibility, thereby producing the spiritual annihilation of your household? Families, the choice is yours alone. My hope for you is that your family members will talk to one another truthfully every day. My wish is that each of you will honestly express the essence of your being to one another daily within your household. My desire is that your family will truly enjoy the irreproachable substance of God’s tender loving-kindness as a result.
It is my prayer that our almighty God will grant your family His grace each day, that our great shepherd, the Lord Jesus, will richly bestow His mercy upon you in your godly dedicated communication together, and that the only wise God our Savior, will faithfully sanctify your family in this virtuous behavior. May His majestic name be exalted and admired by many through your family’s godly example until the day of His glorious return. May God continually bless your family with His perfect peace and joy. Without a doubt, may you completely experience and comprehend the comfort of your salvation through your Savior, Jesus Christ, while sincerely living this righteous familial life each day. Families, please talk today!