You never know where inspiration is going to strike. A few years back I ran across this book and made note of the title and the concept.
It got me to thinking. Families today come in all sizes, shapes, and forms - Step families, multicultural families, blended families, adoptive families, foster families, multi-race families. We even marry into families and kinfolk. You name it we got it in our world, our neighborhoods, our church, and our own families. And I hate to break it to you, but some of the Krazy in your family is related to you!
We are far more politically correct these days, so we don' call them Krazty Kinfolk. We call them dysfunctional. Dysfunctional family is one of the buzz words of our day.
Dysfunctional family as defined by the McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine © 2002: A family with multiple 'internal'– e.g. sibling rivalries, parent-child– conflicts, domestic violence, mental illness, single parenthood, or 'external'– e.g. alcohol or drug abuse, extramarital affairs, gambling, unemployment—influences that affect the basic needs of the family unit.
You can explain away anyone's behavior by mentioning that they grew up in a "dysfunctional family." Seemingly that makes nearly any behavior acceptable and understandable. Do you think your family is dysfunctional?
Truth is we all have a few Krazy Kinfolk in our genealogies and I can promise you that some of the Bible's most famous characters had even more dysfunctional families than you do. When you consider the people of faith that have gone before us, it really is amazing to think that faith has survived 'til now.
Come to think of it, when I consider some of the Krazy Ancestors I have ... it's amazing to think that I even exist!
Perhaps the stories of their dysfunction can help us be better parents, children, or even families today.
See you Sunday ...
No comments:
Post a Comment