Family the realm of love

A home is a social unit formed by individual members living together. It is also the seminary of all other institutions, for it is there that we build character. What a child will become in latter years is largely determined by his home training and environment. It is there inscribed on the sacred wall of the home the rules of conduct, which are exposed in full view, and there are no substitutes. The value of home to build character is far more reaching then any school, or church can supply, nor is there any place else that a child can be better prepared for life.


Parents and children are each a generation, one generation passes away, and another generation come. From the time of Adam and Eve, the fisrt parents, until present time, there very likely has not been any one generation that has been free from the sorrows of broken relationships. Our present day is witnessing an all -time high on the attack of the family. The enemy's knowlegde, that a house divide against itself will not stand, has resulted in his setting up a very subtle and appealing belief of individuality, it has been successful in separating families, and throwing all of society out of balance, which is a deplorable evil. The struggle of each member of a family to find their own individuality,has brought about a state of confusion in which each member attacks the other, creating wounds and divisions that are not easily corrected. So it can be clearly seen that the strategy of "infighting" is very destructive.

We are living in a time when marriage is entered into very lightly and divorce is away out of dealing with life difficulties. Society safety net divorce, is a traitors cowardly way out of avoiding ones failure, also an act of disloyality, and a violation of the faith and trust that you would always be there for them. The brake down of the family is the leading cause of juvenile delinquency, and illegitmate births reaching an all- time high, because we are simply thrown our families to the wolves.

Our homes should be a realm of love, for it is the thing that every human heart longs for, more than anything else it desires someone to love. It is love that make the heartaches and struggles of life easy to endure. A proper affection for one another in the home, would solve many of our pressing problems, and would eliminate strife, contention, and rivalry, which so often results in a broken homes.

Our nation,as well as our churches, cannot rise any higher than our homes , for the home is the training ground for all other institutions. As the homes are, so are the community, and the church. So if you want to gauge the effect your church is having on your community, just look around your church and that is your effect. The home is much larger than the individuals that make it up the husband, the wife, and the children. A man that takes a wife just to stuff his pocket by her slavery to him, or as a means to attain his own selfish ends, and only treats her as a play thing degrade a woman, and he will not realize the loveiness of his home. The home is not a borrowing institution, were you take out a loan to spent on your fleshly desires, it is your own personal stock market ,and it pays excellent dividends. The member of a family who expects only to draw from the good of the home, and not to make any deposits will soon find that the home has nothing left to give, and will soon end up on the rocks. Here are somethings to help cultive love in the home

1) Above all else, God is to be in every part of your home. " Except the Lord build the house, you labour in vain that buld it" (Psalms 127: 1).

2) Even though the husband is the head of the home, by no means is he to be a dictator over his helpmeet or his children. God saw that is was not good that man should be alone and made a helpmeet for him, so let her help, always remembering that it was not good for you to do it alone.

3) The family's ideals, hopes, plans, and struggles are to be shared by all it members, after all they will have an effect on all of them.