I've noticed that there seems to be a decline of coming together in unity and under God within Christian household. In fact, the idea never came to me until I was reading a book (probably from 1800s) that touched on family worship as if it were a normal thing that everyone was doing, and I sensed a falling away from old traditions that might have been worth keeping; worshipping together, praying together, reading the Bible together, even just sitting together at the table and having a quiet dinner without any screens.
It seems more like today that families are just overly busy and divided- and then there's the risk of the older kids not having that quality time with a healthy family and going and finding that attention elsewhere. (Which is what I did.)
"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
Proverbs 22:6
Tonight, I was praying for God to lead me into what we wanted to do and my original plan was to sit down with a pen and sit down and write whatever I felt like he was leading me. No. I got the opposite impression instantly.
Now, with my beliefs, the man would be the one to traditionally lead in agreement and obedience with God's natural order, but that's not a blessing I have right now. So I kind of quit doing family worship for a while. Feeling of incompleteness or something
But I felt that was where God was leading me anyway, so after praying, I immediately went and grabbed our hymnal and the Bible. We sang a few hymns, my boy led in prayer, I read from Proverbs then from Joshua, had a discussion about what we learned, and then he closed in prayer for us. I have to admit that it does bring a sense of peace back into the home.
What about your household?
Do you have something like family worship in your home?
Do you have any traditions that help bring your family closer to God?
Do you want to?
Any thoughts?
It seems more like today that families are just overly busy and divided- and then there's the risk of the older kids not having that quality time with a healthy family and going and finding that attention elsewhere. (Which is what I did.)
"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
Proverbs 22:6
Tonight, I was praying for God to lead me into what we wanted to do and my original plan was to sit down with a pen and sit down and write whatever I felt like he was leading me. No. I got the opposite impression instantly.
Now, with my beliefs, the man would be the one to traditionally lead in agreement and obedience with God's natural order, but that's not a blessing I have right now. So I kind of quit doing family worship for a while. Feeling of incompleteness or something
But I felt that was where God was leading me anyway, so after praying, I immediately went and grabbed our hymnal and the Bible. We sang a few hymns, my boy led in prayer, I read from Proverbs then from Joshua, had a discussion about what we learned, and then he closed in prayer for us. I have to admit that it does bring a sense of peace back into the home.
What about your household?
Do you have something like family worship in your home?
Do you have any traditions that help bring your family closer to God?
Do you want to?
Any thoughts?
