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Family
By Jo Anne Meekins
Jo Anne Meekins is founder of Inspired 4 U Ministries LLC and author of two poetry books: “ON SOLID GROUND: Inspirational Poetry For All Occasions” and “For Such A Time As This”. She can be contacted at jminspired4u@aol.com or www.joannemeekins-inspired4u.com .
What constitutes a family
Is inclusively defined:
It is parents and children, uncle and aunts,
Grands and cousins of yours and mine.
A family is a husband and wife,
It is brothers and sisters too.
Related by blood or marriage,
Or in Christ Jesus like me and you.
The family structure has been weakened
Through the distortions of God's plan.
Society has cracked the foundations
With the immoral will of man.
Violence and drugs touch all our lives,
Teen pregnancy and the HIV/AIDS virus too.
Our children are running rampart
And we wonder what to do.
But, God still reigns and is in control,
His word still true and clear.
He will empower us and give direction,
So take heart, we need not fear.
Just follow God's written guidelines
To manage our households well.
Teach our children the Lord's instruction
And do not provoke them to rebel.
Children, honor your fathers and mothers;
Obey your guardians in everything.
God commanded it with a promise
Of long life and your well-being.
Families, be caring in spite of resentments,
Don't hold grudges, forgive all hurts.
Express your love and stay united,
Don't wait till they're six feet under dirt.
Is inclusively defined:
It is parents and children, uncle and aunts,
Grands and cousins of yours and mine.
A family is a husband and wife,
It is brothers and sisters too.
Related by blood or marriage,
Or in Christ Jesus like me and you.
The family structure has been weakened
Through the distortions of God's plan.
Society has cracked the foundations
With the immoral will of man.
Violence and drugs touch all our lives,
Teen pregnancy and the HIV/AIDS virus too.
Our children are running rampart
And we wonder what to do.
But, God still reigns and is in control,
His word still true and clear.
He will empower us and give direction,
So take heart, we need not fear.
Just follow God's written guidelines
To manage our households well.
Teach our children the Lord's instruction
And do not provoke them to rebel.
Children, honor your fathers and mothers;
Obey your guardians in everything.
God commanded it with a promise
Of long life and your well-being.
Families, be caring in spite of resentments,
Don't hold grudges, forgive all hurts.
Express your love and stay united,
Don't wait till they're six feet under dirt.
(Deuteronomy 7:9)
"Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which
keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to
a thousand generations."
