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======Family Effect ...======
Monday, July 9, 2012. Kids are fantastic. They are creative. They
are dynamic. They love to play, to run, to shout ... They have ideas.
They try things out. They come with all kinds of nonsense - which
seem to be a source of creativity and inspiration to me!
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**Families have a lot to do ...**
Families are busy. If you have two or three or four kids, you need to
manage your household. There is the cooking, the washing up, the cleaning
of the house, cleaning of jeans and shirts and dresses. You cannot complain
about boring time at home, when you have kids.
Families are often under pressure when it comes to income and finances. You
need money for the kids. When they grow up, there are various holiday
activities to organize and pay. Six weeks in the summer can be long, when
parents have only three weeks off and kids want to use their time for
various leisure activities.
As parents you are sometimes happy just to have an hour of free time - without
interruption. Days are usually full with job and homework of the kids anyway - until
nine or ten in the evenings. And the weekends are needed to do this or that
in the house, for shopping, for meeting some friends. It is the family effect -
a life which barely gives time to think about anything!
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**Faith for the family ...**
How do you live your faith when you are as busy as families tend to be in our
time. How do you find time for prayer - more than just the "thank you, Lord"
before lunch or dinner? How do you find time to read the biblical texts, to
eat spiritual food and learn from him, learn from Jesus?
To be a family is fantastic. And it gives a lot of possibilities as well. If you
share faith in a family, it can be a place to be supported, to receive ideas
and backup for your life. Your family can be a shelter for your faith, when
challenges come in your business life. It can be a shelter when you face illness
or motivational problems.
But the family is also a mission. It is given to you to support it, to bring
your faith alive and into it. Your true shelter should be the Lord himself, not
the family. Your eternal shelter should be with him, in faith, in trust, in
dedication. Then, you will have the strength and faith, to support your kids and
your family. Then, you will be renewed every day according to his continuing
promise!
(Roland Potthast)
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