For my Master’s class I have to read a book about culture.  Awesome.  Yet, in this book there is a valid point made, the middle eastern people are all about family.  They live, breathe, and operate under the fact that family comes first.  Anything else is foreign to them and in some cases insulting.

 

Throughout the Bible, the concept of family is mentioned and lived.  For us this is a different idea.  We value our independence and personal freedom.  The Bible teaches that family gives independence and freedom.  Family takes care of each other, so that each member can without restraint and with encouragement pursue their dreams, ideas and passions.  During their pursuit they will be encouraged, strengthened, and helped by the family.  No one has to do it alone.

 

Church is God’s household.  In His household, His family, we encourage, build each other up, strength each other, and more.  No one should live this life alone.  In God’s family, no one does.