Thankful For Family 11/24/2020

 Good Morning,

I am off to work in about 30 minutes and I am ready for a hot cup of Door County Cherry Creme Coffee and some prayer before leave.

Yesterday I wrote about being thankful for friends. Today I want to write about family.

Proverbs 17:6 Children's children are a crown to the aged and parents are the pride of their children. 

All of us were given life from a woman and to do so there had to be a father. Not all families experience the ideal family life. Things go wrong, and there are divorces, abandonments, or deaths that break up the family dynamics. I wish this wasn't a true statement. But it is. If you have had the experience of having both parents to raise you and life's problems were minor and you miss your siblings when they aren't around be grateful and thank God for the experience. Cherish what you have or had. 

Now if you had a step parent or two and they helped to mold you be grateful and thank God for the stranger that grew to love you. If you find that your family has been to say the least a flaming dud but you have an aunt or uncle that filled in, be grateful to God for the extra parents He gave you. Maybe you had to live with grandma and grandpa. You had loving substitutes. Maybe you were an only child, but you had cousins that you still are close to. Be grateful. Maybe someone took you under their wing and although labeled as a friend they were more family to you than your real family. Be grateful. 

Families come in different packages and sizes. Not all are even close to being the same. Look for the good in what you have. If possible live at peace with what God gave you. But cherish whatever it is you call family. Most of all be grateful for the invitation from God to join His family for eternity. 

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever would believe in Him would not perish but have eternal life. 

Jesus showed you the adoption papers by saying this. "when you pray, pray like this. Our Father!"

Some food for thought! We are family!

Marty