The Church Family

Today is Family Day in some parts of Canada, so I decided to talk about the Church Family - it's one family I find very fascinating.

Let's consider the origin of Family Day in Canada first. It was first celebrated in the Province of Alberta. The Premier, Don Getty, advised the Lieutenant Governor, Helen Hunley to proclaim the 3rd Monday in February as Family Day - and the purpose of the day was short and sweet:

A day to help emphasize the importance of family.

I didn't realize that other countries: Australia, South Africa, Republic of Vanuatu and even the State of Arizona in the US also have and celebrate Family Day. This makes sense since the family is the nucleus of the nation and a nation of healthy families is a healthy nation.

Likewise, the Church Family comprises various families and a healthy church is determined by the health of the individual families and how we all relate to one another in our "home" families and the Church Family.

As Christians, we are family because we are joined by the blood of Jesus. Since that is our common denominator, we need to treat each other with love and respect as Jesus demonstrated while on earth.

We must never seek to take advantage of each other rather seek to "give" the advantage to others.

It has been said that "A rich man among poor men is a poor man." So it's our responsibility to care for our home and church families in that order - so that we can all be "rich" in spiritual, marital, emotional and other areas of life. So this Family Day take some time to focus on the importance of your family and the church family - ask God to lead you to do something different and be a blessing. Blessings boomerang...