Not So Stumped

The person I always go to first for thoughts is my husband. He’s usually right on. Friday’s blog post was no different. I prompted him for his thoughts and this is what he wrote me. (It’s not super cohesive with Friday’s post but is his response so I’m sharing it with you.)

“I like the phrase in Philippians. That is indeed a loaded phrase.

As far as your questions at the end. I enjoy that it is about our family and your take on it. It is about how we are living our life. It doesn’t have to sound super-spiritual or world changing to make a difference. Living life in a way that is honoring to God by what we do and how we handle things as a family is becoming a unique thing and it’s good to let that come out. And that is the primary way we are to change the world.

I will continue to say that I think the main way we honor God is to live a life that demonstrates enjoyment of God and His gifts to us; the top of that list being our family. Then we share what we have with others who have needs. That is a result of the above (i.e. enjoying God and his gifts), not the other way around. Our family should be a strong base and we should do everything to keep that base strong.  From that strong base, we should relate to everyone else in the church and community.  Our culture, even Christian culture, or especially Christian culture, tends to turn that the other way around [serve church and community yet neglect our families].”

And that, my friends, is my wonderful, thoroughly thought-out husband. I like him a lot.