The
Perfect Family
The perfect family… We all dream about
it. We formulate our ideas on tv or by
other families we see for brief snapshots of time. The ones that seem to have it all together
with the perfect smiles and the laughter, and the joy that radiates from this
powerhouse of a unit. Who doesn’t want
that?
I thought my dreams were shattered…
divorce took away that image of the perfect family. Perfect families require that the mom and the
dad are neither step-parent but the natural organic family. But just before my second marriage came to
pass, God started whispering to me in the way that he does… he started to say
that our new family unit, me, my girls and my fiancé – this was to be the
perfect family. This is what a perfect
family looks like. It threw me a
little. How are we what a perfect family
looks like? But then he showed me in the
bible in a way that I hadn’t even bothered to pay attention to. When Jesus was born, Joseph wasn’t his
natural dad – so right off the bat they were a blended family. But what made them the perfect family is that
they are a family of believers – and so being in the right standing with God,
and all having received Christ as our savior, we too have become the perfect
family.
As many of you already know who have
tried, blending a family is not the easiest task on the planet… But God. My husband and I have been praying for months
that our marriage and the merging of our family would be a smooth transition. Something that we’ve noticed is that the days
we don’t take time to spend time in the word with God, the storms can be big
enough to shake our emotions and throw us over the edge of the boat. But the mornings that we get up and dedicate
ourselves to that quiet time of romance with the Lord, the day seems to breeze
by like the smoothest of waters. We get
to experience life like we have always dreamed the perfect family to be. Life filled with love, laughter, symbiotic
teamwork, and so much joy in our home that I only ever thought possible on a
1950’s tv show.
Jesus gives us the authority over the
atmospheres in our homes. When we don’t
take the time to clear the airwaves, we are allowing the air and the spirit
over our homes to be as smoggy as an L.A. morning. But spending time with God in the word and
praying over your territory; provides a covering over your family that the
devil can’t mess with.
As a Christian, God is for you. God is for family. He loves family and wants us all to be a
direct reflection of his love. If I can
have this in my life – you most certainly can!
And it all starts by getting into his presence. It’s not about a religious task, it’s about
spending time with the love of your life.
The one who set you free, the one who calls you beloved. He’s waiting for you to step in to the reality
that he has for you. God’s plans for you
far outweigh the messed up plans of this world.
For I know the plans
I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to
prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11
Thank you Jesus that you provide this
broken world with perfect families, that when we choose to dedicate our lives
to you, you provide us with the tools to make our dreams come true. Thank you God that you are a God of perfect
endings. Thank you for being the model
of who we are to be in this land. Thank
you for filling our homes with love and joy and laughter, and for growing us
together in Christ. Thank you that our
minds are set on the spirit and not the flesh.
Thank you Jesus that you are for us and our family and not against us. In Jesus name Amen
Matthew 28:18English Standard Version (ESV)
18 And
Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been
given to me.
Romans 8:6English Standard Version (ESV)
6 For
to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is
life and peace.
Romans 8:31English Standard Version (ESV)
God's Everlasting Love
31 What
then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be[a] against us?
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