Family Matters
No, I mean really. Family matters.
Went to a funeral today for a woman of 80. Married 61 years, children, grandchildren, great grandchildren.
It was stunning to see the impact of one life lived well.
Frankly, I'm used to seeing just the opposite. Being a pastor today is like being am ER doctor. We are so used to dealing with families in crisis who have been living anyway they chose and are paying the price. I look at a Father whose disregard of responsibility in his rush for whatever pleases him. Or a mother in no sense of the word save biological. It's what's normal today.
So when I can pull back a family's curtain and find someone who laid her life down for her family, it's pretty special. Why should it be a shock?
If a butterfly's wings movement can affect the world, why not a mother's love?
Went to a funeral today for a woman of 80. Married 61 years, children, grandchildren, great grandchildren.
It was stunning to see the impact of one life lived well.
Frankly, I'm used to seeing just the opposite. Being a pastor today is like being am ER doctor. We are so used to dealing with families in crisis who have been living anyway they chose and are paying the price. I look at a Father whose disregard of responsibility in his rush for whatever pleases him. Or a mother in no sense of the word save biological. It's what's normal today.
So when I can pull back a family's curtain and find someone who laid her life down for her family, it's pretty special. Why should it be a shock?
If a butterfly's wings movement can affect the world, why not a mother's love?
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