Is your fantasy that your family will be like the Waltons? An expectation that your dearest friends will be your next of kin? Jesus didn’t have that expectation.
Look how Jesus defined his family in Mark 3:35: “My true brother and sister and mother are those who do what God wants.”
He recognized that his spiritual family could provide what his physical family didn’t. If Jesus himself couldn’t force his family to share his convictions, what makes you think you can force yours?
We can’t control the way our family responds to us. We have to move beyond the naïve expectation that if we do good, our family will treat us right. I can’t assure you your family will ever give you the blessing you seek, but I know this- God will.
Accept God as your Father! Let God give you what your family doesn’t!
Look how Jesus defined his family in Mark 3:35: “My true brother and sister and mother are those who do what God wants.”
He recognized that his spiritual family could provide what his physical family didn’t. If Jesus himself couldn’t force his family to share his convictions, what makes you think you can force yours?
We can’t control the way our family responds to us. We have to move beyond the naïve expectation that if we do good, our family will treat us right. I can’t assure you your family will ever give you the blessing you seek, but I know this- God will.
Accept God as your Father! Let God give you what your family doesn’t!
From: Cast of Characters
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