Domestic desperation and chaos - many parents find themselves facing unrelenting waves of turmoil, crises and conflict in their homes. How do I do this? Am I doing this right? What exactly should I be doing? Is this normal? How long can this go on, how long can I go on? So uncertain, so weary. And, thankfully, all so unnecessary.

Our homes should be like the eye of a hurricane. How ironic that in the center of such fury and destruction the hurricane’s eye is calm and surprisingly at rest. A place of relative tranquility and
safety amidst utter fury and chaos. A home cannot possibly stop the fury and chaos of this stormy world but it can provide safety, refuge, and respite from it.

Sadly, instead of being a safe haven, many homes are more like the center of a perpetual quake - constantly sending repercussions outward, disturbing, disrupting, and destabilizing those unfortunate enough to be near its fault lines. In fact, by comparison, the world may even seem like a refuge from a chaotic home.

God intended for marriage and family to be the very bedrock and pillar of society. Stabilizing and ordering human relations by setting a pattern for service and self-sacrifice that is constructive and reproductive. Through love, harmony, and industriousness the family unit is a resource that supplies its own needs while having ample overflow for the needs of others who are lonely and needy. Though seldom seen these days a Christian family can be just like that.

Family, the original synergy.

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