We are a Family!!!

          I don't understand why these words, "We are a family," touched my heart so deeply, but they did. I went to a single parent family camp when my children were 4 and 5. The speaker was a single parent pastor from a church about 50 mile away and he was so interesting! I never really thought about me and my kiddos being a family, we just were. The point the pastor was getting at was when 2 parents divorce, children feel as though their family is no longer and broken up. I see this first hand with families that have divorced. The children have their dad's house and their mom's house, and I never hear them say our house or my house. The children feel at home in both homes, but his words say something that really got me wondering if my children felt we were a family.
     
        I decided to make a deliberate choice, making sure my children understand that the 3 of us are a family, so I created a nickname for us. I call us Familyx3!! One day I am going to get it tattooed on my wrist, so I can see it every day because it is that dear to my heart. I wanted my children to see it and know we were a family, not a traditional family with both parents, but a family God created.

      
       When my children were preteens or tweens we went on a short trip. I use to Priceline a hotel room near the beach to just to take a mini adventure and on one of those trips I asked God to lead  me to  a family verse to hold in my heart and teach to my children while praying for it to happen. I wanted something to put peace in my heart and scripture to pray for my Familyx3.

Now I plead with you, brethren by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgement. 1 Corinthians 1:10

This is how I desired my family to live by. I wanted us to be of one mind, that  Jesus is our Savior and be united in Christ, for this is where my heart is, the deepest desires of my heart. God has granted me this prayer request. My children like each other and are best friends. There have only been a few weeks where I panicked and my heart broke because they were not getting along. I will post about that later and reveal how God brought all of the discontent to His glory.

I encourage you to pray for a family Bible verse and pray on it, for it truly is God's will for your life and the peace in your family.

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