{"id":22906,"date":"2019-05-22T05:05:06","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T09:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspireafire.com\/?p=22906"},"modified":"2019-05-21T20:17:18","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T00:17:18","slug":"what-makes-a-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspireafire.com\/what-makes-a-family\/","title":{"rendered":"What makes a family?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Playing ping pong in the backyard many, many years ago.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It can be made up of two people, a grownup or two plus a\nchild or three, or maybe numerous people of different generations. They may\nlive under one roof or across the country from each other. What makes the\ndifference is the love they share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My family of birth included two adults and six offspring\nliving in the same house. I wish I could say there was love to spare, but that\nwas in short supply, with an abusive father and a docile, submissive mother who\nprovided all the love and nurturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, my family doesn\u2019t live under my roof. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of them are in the same town, others not too far away.\nAnd many are in other parts of the country. But we\u2019re family just the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many of my \u201cfamily\u201d are not related to me in any way. But\nwe\u2019ve grown to love each other and would drop everything to help each other. And\nisn\u2019t that what family is all about?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But we all need to buy in and participate to get all the\nbenefits of family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember the story of the prodigal son? He left home for a\nlong time yet he was still a part of the family. He was a son, whether he\ninteracted with his father or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet when he returned home, his standing as a son had not\nchanged. He didn\u2019t feel worthy to be called a son and was going to ask to\nbecome a servant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s the good thing about being in a family \u2013 you don\u2019t deserve it, you don\u2019t earn it, you just are a part of it. And, like it or not, you need each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does your family look like today? Let\u2019s expand our families to include others who have a need to belong. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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