The Power of Family

These days, though painful and tiring, have made me realise the importance of our biological family. You know, it is very heartbreaking to see many people suffering in great pain in the hospital. Yet, it gets very heartwarming when you see families coming together to pray for their loved ones. I have seen some families taking turns to stay overnight to make sure their loved one is alright and i have seen families hugging and crying together. Such scenes really bring tears to my heart.

Friends, Neighbours, Aquaintances, Colleagues come and go...but families stay forever in our hearts. In times of great pain and sadness, it's our family that stays with us to bring us through and this family is a gift given from our Father above. Really, we shouldn't undermine the power of family prayer and family faith. Of course, we christians, are also a Family of God and its importance cannot be further emphasized but in this blog entry, i'll just keep the focus on biological family.

John H Groberg wrote: (Click here for the full article)

My dear brothers and sisters, I ask for your faith and prayers as we consider a vitally important key to our happiness and success in life. I speak this morning on the importance and power of family prayer.

Our Father in Heaven wants us to have strong, loving families. One of the great helps he has given us to achieve this is family prayer.

All of us, single or married, are eternally part of some family—someway, somewhere, somehow—and much of our joy in life comes as we correctly recognize and properly develop those family relationships. We come to this earth charged with a mission: to learn to love and serve one another. To best help us accomplish this, God has placed us in families, for he knows that is where we can best learn to overcome selfishness and pride and to sacrifice for others and to make happiness and helpfulness and humility and love the very essence of our character.

We learn that friends and neighbors come and go but family is forever, and as we learn this, we find that we are eternally our brother’s keeper and we begin to realize how much help we need. How we should thank God for the opportunity of family prayer!

It's really touching to see families coming together to pray as one body and the support they give to each other. Truly, i feel even more burdened now to bring my family to Christ.

I think this picture shows a very good illustration of 'Family Unity'.

Family is a circle of love.

Cherish it.