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Many families struggle today to keep a sense of identity and purpose. Careers and education require more effort and time and often eat into personal time. Then the things we have in our lives take time to maintain, like that wonderful house that needs the grass cut and bushes trimmed. And it’s almost like parents today have surrendered their family identities to anyone that comes into their lives or the lives of their children because they are over-committed and under-connected.
Let me ask you a question, what makes your family different or unique from the tens of thousands out there? Years ago; Heather and I were walking through a mall when we ran across one of those kiosks that sold family crests. Intrigued we asked to look at what ours was. It was neat to see a icon that might represent our family. Now, it really did not mean much because it was not handed down from generation to generation, but it sparked in me an idea.
From there I started to assess how I am leading my family. Since then I have determined that I would define in my personal/spiritual life, my relationship with my wife and my fatherly position what it means to be a “Schindler”.
So let me challenge you in the same manner. What does it mean to be a….Jones, a Wilson, a Cramer….? Put your last name in there and start the process of determining what that name really means. Filter it through the character choices that person would do, the places they will go, the people they will be influenced by. Create your family values. It will help you more than you know to gain or regain your family identity and help you in the everyday to say “YES” to the best and “NO” to the good.
(3 John 1:4) “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.”