At first glance, most of us view our families as normal. We will even view dysfunctional as "normal" because that is the only thing we know. Learning to be honest with self and identifying our dysfunctional or sinful ways is the beginning of our improvements. God's Holy Spirit and the Bible will help us identify the unhealthy elements in us and God will help us change.
When I do pre-marriage preparation I ask couples to identify unhealthy patterns in the home in which they were raised and honestly target those unhealthy areas so they will not carry them into their own marriage.
Most of us have some unhealthy, dysfunctional patterns that we learned from home. Target them and surrender them to God, asking His Holy Spirit to help you move beyond those dysfunctional patterns.
Tell someone about this and grow to be more Christlike!
God bless you,
PJ
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I don't think I grew up in a dysfunctional family. However, the choices I have made in my life has led to dysfunction in my life and the life of others. I have had to turn it all over to God, ask His forgiveness, ask the forgiveness of my family, and trust in His word. I forget the passage, but the Bible says if I give it to Him and live for Him, He will redeem the past. Now that is way outside my ability to understand, so I have to simply trust in Him. I know each member of my family has to make their personal choices to overcome the dysfunction in their lives. All I can do is pray for them and live my life in such a way that they can see a definite change.
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