Thursday, November 8, 2001
Thursday, November 8, 2001
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the
discipline
and instruction of the Lord.
Sons and daughters leave their parents in marriage. Some parents forget this. They
expect
their grown children to be with them on each and every weekend as if their children had
never
married. Can parents understand that their children have obligations to two families?
(And
sometimes more!) November is the beginning of the season of anxiety for many
couples whose
parents still expect them to "come home" for every Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Holidays should
be Holy Days--not something just to "get through."
(Ephesians 6:4
NRSV)
A pastor was conversing with a young couple about their upcoming marriage. He
asked if
there was any area they needed to work on, and the woman immediately answered,
"Softball!"
The pastor was fascinated! A woman who wants to improve her softball skills to
improve her
marriage? Not quite. The issue was her husband's obsession with softball. The
husband,
naturally, didn't think it was a big deal. "Hey, I just play 4 nights a week for an hour and
a half,"
he said. She reminded him that the games were just a prelude to the rest of the night's
festivities,
and that he had conveniently forgotten his weekend tournaments. He said, "Oh yeah,
right."
What commands our loyalty, our mates or our games?
Dear God, may my loyalty to my mate and family honor you. Amen.
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