Family Feuds (HT: CCEF and Peacemaker Ministries)
Thanks to the great people over at Peacemaker Ministries for posting a link to this CCEF article by Tim Lane:
The whole article is worth your read, but here is my favorite paragraph:
“Often when we have a bad experience (like growing up in an abusive family), we let that experience define us and become our identity. But when you come to Jesus in faith he gives you his life and a whole new identity as a child of God. Of course you are still shaped by your experience, but you are not defined by it. Your identity is no longer determined by your family of origin, but by who you are in Christ. As you depend on God for your identity, he will make it possible for you to change the way you relate to your family.”
Amen!
(And thanks, Dr. Lane, CCEF, and Peacemakers too.)