Good, Good Father...

Family...

That word stirs up different feelings depending on your background. For some people, you think of happy times and people you love dearly. For others, it can make you feel sad at the loss you've experienced. Still for others, you may be so disconnected from your family that you really feel nothing. For the group that makes me the saddest, you've only had heartache and pain associated with family, so you prefer not to even think about them (may be due to different forms of abuse or other bad circumstances). 

I can tell you that I fall into the first category. We aren't perfect, but I love them dearly and have a lot of happy memories. Are they all happy? No, of course not, but I choose to let the happy over-shadow the bad in my heart and mind. Our bad doesn't compare to the bad some people experience, so we are extremely blessed. I'll take our dis-functioning group any day! 

When you think of family, remember you have a heavenly FATHER that loves you. It doesn't matter what you've done, where you've been, how far you've strayed...He still wants you to be part of the family. If you are His child who has strayed, you may ask forgiveness and come back to Him! Seek Him!! 

If you don't know Him as your savior, ask Him into your heart. "that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved..." Romans 10:9

 

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