Good morning guys! How are you? I'm reading my little verse this morning out of Genesis 21:1-21 and Ephesians 6:1-4. We'll call this study family tensions. Now I know that in early times things were different, but I'm sure that although that may be true, people still dealt with jealousy, anger, and all the feelings that go along with a normal day to day family of today. In that, we can see that God still has a plan for us as individuals and as families.
Ephesians is very clear - honor your father and mother, don't provoke your children. Guys, you need to listen to what your parents, including step parents have to say. Respect that and be thankful for them because God has a plan for all of us.
In Genesis, we can see that even though Abraham had children with his wife Sarah and his maid Hagar that caused problems between the women - jealousy, I'd imagine. What do you think mom would say to Shawn if he moved a maid in and they had children together? Be kind of ugly wouldn't it? Well it was for Abram as well and he and Sarah had to exile or banish Hagar and her son. Faith, that means they got kicked out of the house to live on their own. So Hagar was alone and ready to give up on life (Angela) and God still had plans for her and her son Ishmael. Just like He has plans for my family, and our situation. Angela and Mia are alone right now, I am in jail, and mom and Shawn are raising 4 of my children. I can definitely gain from this bible lesson, that although sin and corruption enters a family circle, God still has a plan so thank God always for troubles we face. (James 1: 2-4) Let God mold us into the people He needs, so we can be the best we can be for Him and His cause.
Prayer: For all parties involved, Lord I pray that all my children and adults directly involved can see that Always You have a perfect plan for us and find reason never to turn from you, but look to you for today's higher purpose no matter what.
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