Human Families and God's Family

Human Families and God’s Family
1Timothy 5.1-8

I know a wonderful couple who have 11 children. Mind you, they didn’t have 11 together. His first wife died; her first husband died; they then met and married; and when they put his six and her five together, lo and behold, they had enough for a football team.

Imagine how you’d feel as one of the 11. There are all kinds of new dynamics. Suddenly your family has more or less doubled in size, and you have to get used to being part of a household, doing regular chores, discovering one another’s likes and dislikes, learning how to respect and value each other and not impose on or exploit one another. Extended families provide endless possibilities for tensions and difficulties as well as for friendship, fun and mutual support...