I would like to talk to you today about the
family. I was sitting with a young mother
who had just been told that her husband
had been killed in an accident. She began
to talk with me about the kind of relationship
they had shared. She said, “He kissed me
when he left this morning, and we were not
fighting. Oh, I am so glad.”
Being a loving spouse takes time. Close
relationships do not just happen, and
strong family ties cannot wait for a
convenient time. Families are high on
God’s list, but our priorities tend to
push them low on our list, usually
squeezing them into left overtime after
our job and church work is done. Does
your husband know that you love him?
Or your wife?
Have you hugged your children today?
Love must be expressed. We can be full of
love for our partner, our children and
even God. But no one knows that until it
bubbles over and overflows. What things
bring her, or him, joy and pleasure? Be
honest with one another. Respect and
trust are important ingredients of
married love. We will never be perfect, but
we can be perfectly honest.
How is your relationship today with your
spouse, your children, and God?
Does it show?
Thank you, Father, for my family.
Show me ways I can love them more.
Amen.
No one has greater love than this: to lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants anymore, because a servant doesn’t know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have heard from my Father. John 15:13-15 CSB
