The Grace of God for the Complications of Family

What has stuck out to me the most from this sermon was DJ's statement in the beginning that societies begin to crumble when the family unit begins to crumble. At first I thought nothing of this statement, but it has stuck with me, urging me to consider the importance of family.  To foster family well requires incredible work! And often, there's so many habits, wounds, and love all running together just under the surface of a family that it seems impossible to work out all the complications of family dynamics. 

The sermon led me to gratitude for all that my parents have committed and sacrificed for my upbringing and it led me to pray, as Reid did, for the grace of God to show me and guide me into a deeper honoring of my parents. 

I have a lot of thoughts on this one, but I'm struggling to untwist them all into a coherent post! So that's all I'll say for now. I loved hearing all of your personal reflections on this one. I felt a bit like it was story time as I was catching up on posts!