My family is acting like a bunch of 2 year olds. I have aunts and uncles fighting...SIBLINGS aren't speaking to each other, nieces and nephews getting jealous and angry at their aunts and uncles.
THIS IS RIDICULOUS! Why are we doing this? Why can't we all see that it is hurting everyone?! I may only be 19 years old, but if I can see this, why can't they?
We weren't put here on earth to hate each other. My family members have people looking up to them and yet they still do this. They are arguing and not speaking to each other and they are passing this along to children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Since when was this okay? I understand that families fight but normally, they make up, not drag it on and on. And I'm not taking sides with anyone I just can't talk to anyone about it in my family. I don't know whole stories but from what I have seen, it's not worth fighting over for this long.
1 Timothy 3:4-5 says "4- He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him with proper respect. 5-(If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God's church?)..."
and 1 Timothy 5:8 says "If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever."
I won't go into what my thoughts on these passages are or how they relate to what I am writing about because I think it's pretty obvious what I think. What's not obvious is why we all do this. And I know it's not just my family that does this, but it's where I have seen it the most recently. And for those of you who may read this, please, I beg of you, don't do this to your families. Don't let them remain broken. It hurts everyone, especially those people who want to see their family members at weddings, graduations, reunions, and random parties- and not just some of them- all of them.
This is a challenge to each generation. Don't follow in the footsteps of the previous generations. Show love and not hate.
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