~Flawed Families~
Have you ever sat down and left this stirring inside of you to write. It’s almost as though you feel something in your heart and the depth of your belly, but the only problem you cannot figure what it is telling you to write. This is where I am right now. I feel God is doing something in me. I feel something stirring and I am only hungry for more. I wish I could share with you more.
Right now I am reading from the book of Genesis and I am finding God given so much revelation as I am reading it. It’s incredible. I am just reading about what we know is in the book of Genesis but I am also reading and learning about how about families the things God does not like about some families. I knew all this stuff before but it’s just this huge revelation now that I am married. I am really enjoying learning all the things God is teaching me right now. Many people may have the stereotype that every family in the Bible was perfect. WRONG! In fact there are more families that were flawed and had huge problems than there were families that were God centered and loving.
In my last year of college I read a book called Flawed Families in the Bible. It’s an amazing book. It gives you a deeper understanding to the families in the Bible and what each person in the families would have been going through at that time. Now after reading that book I have gone back and read about some of those families and I have this deeper understanding. Brain automatically thinks about everyone and what is happening for them….even if they are not the ones talking in the story or if they are not mentioned.
I guess you can say I am learning a lot about families. God is teaching me a lot. I am really enjoying where I am at right now. I am soaking in what the Lord in pouring into me. Anyways I just thought I would share a piece of my heart with you today. Thanks for reading.
June 4, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Way to go on the new job… your post about biblical families struck a chord for me – I got thinking about every “character” in the bible, and they all seem to have major issues at some point in their lives – either with God, with their relationships, or in their habits/lifestyle etc. Max Lucado in his daily message said yesterday that (not an exact quote) being human is the heart of the human problem. Is the point perhaps that God used these people for greatness despite their flaws and weaknesses? We have been given the opportunity to get to the end of a bad day and say, Sorry God, screwed up big time today – thanks for loving me anyway – with your help, I’ll try to do better tomorrow. And with faith, we can turn it around, create a new pattern. Despite our flaws, we can do great things too…