A True Christian Home ~

 

(photo credit) Last week, I heard a minister reference the scripture above (Joshua 24:15) and make this statement, "Many of us in the 21st century forget the 'and my house' portion of this verse." How many of us have witnessed families that are in disarray - for a multitude of reasons - and parents that are too tired and discouraged to spend the necessary time (in person *and* in prayer) to train their children to walk in truth?  How many of us have struggled with it ourselves? And then today I stumbled upon a similar and very convicting devotional:

"Nothing in this world means more to God than a beautiful home of love and prayer.

Each member of the family has a share. There is the husband's part. He must love his wife and give himself to her, as Christ loved the Church and gave Himself for it. This is a high order of love. The wife has a part. She is to love her husband and live for her home. There is a part also for parents. They live for their children. They care for them. They train and teach them. They show them how to live. They are the revealers and interpreters of God to them. There is a part also in the home-making for the children. They are to obey their parents.

People sometimes say facetiously that in these days the commandment runs, "Parents, obey your children." Where this is the interpretation, it is an unhappy reversal.

The true Christian home is one in which love rules, and where each one fills his own place."

{from J.R. Miller's devotional Morning Thoughts for Every Day of Life}

I love that last sentence, especially the thought that a true Christian home is one in which LOVE rules, because I know that God is love.  Oh, that my home would be one in which love rules, one that brings honor to Him!  Not a home of strife, or vanity, or the pleasures of this world, but of love.  Love that requires commitment, and action, and truth, but is also quick to offer grace and compassion when we fail miserably, like God so quickly and lovingly offers to us time and time again.

This is one of my most passionate prayers; how about you?

Have a lovely day, my friends ~

{Linked with Raising Homemakers, Women in the Word Wednesday, Making Your Home Sing Monday and Marriage Monday}



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