RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE ROUTINES OF FAMILY - PART 1 (19 OF 44)
Scripture: Ephesians 5:22-33, Ephesians 6:1-9
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Responsibilities in the Routines of Family - Part 1 (19 of 44)
Series: The Church at Ephusus: God's Calling, Empowering, and Instruction for the Church
Patrick Edwards
Ephesians 5:21-6:9
Introduction
I believe that the folks over at Pixar are geniuses. I mean I cannot think of any medium of entertainment out there these days that better understands and pictures the reality of human nature and relationships better than those writers at Pixar. I mean their movies are by no means perfect, and I don't love or agree with everything they do, but man they really seem to get people. You see we all like to pretend in our marriages, our families, our homes that we are like this first picture. Like this is what you're life is supposed to be like, and this is what you want everyone else to think your home is like. Regardless of how things actually are, we pretend that our marriages are perfect, our kids are perfect, and work and home like are perfect.
When in reality, this is really what our lives are like. You've got the disengaged Dad and husband, whose more interested in everything outside of the home than within. He tries to fulfill his own dreams through his family and takes out his failures on them as well. You've got the Mom who is stretched to her limits simply trying to keep everything going. She is begging for her husband to lead; I love the line in that clip, ''Bob, it's time to engage!'' You've got the insecure daughter, who wishes to be invisible and puts up ''force-fields'' and barriers to prevent anyone from getting in. And then there's the boy; I swear that is Aiden! Hyper, energetic, flying all over the place and bored with everything. This is the way our marriages, our families, our jobs, and our homes really are, but we are so concerned with maintaining appearances that when anyone arrives at our front door and rings the doorbell, we quickly jump into position to put on that Norman Rockwell façade.
You see for many of us, actually being tha ...
Series: The Church at Ephusus: God's Calling, Empowering, and Instruction for the Church
Patrick Edwards
Ephesians 5:21-6:9
Introduction
I believe that the folks over at Pixar are geniuses. I mean I cannot think of any medium of entertainment out there these days that better understands and pictures the reality of human nature and relationships better than those writers at Pixar. I mean their movies are by no means perfect, and I don't love or agree with everything they do, but man they really seem to get people. You see we all like to pretend in our marriages, our families, our homes that we are like this first picture. Like this is what you're life is supposed to be like, and this is what you want everyone else to think your home is like. Regardless of how things actually are, we pretend that our marriages are perfect, our kids are perfect, and work and home like are perfect.
When in reality, this is really what our lives are like. You've got the disengaged Dad and husband, whose more interested in everything outside of the home than within. He tries to fulfill his own dreams through his family and takes out his failures on them as well. You've got the Mom who is stretched to her limits simply trying to keep everything going. She is begging for her husband to lead; I love the line in that clip, ''Bob, it's time to engage!'' You've got the insecure daughter, who wishes to be invisible and puts up ''force-fields'' and barriers to prevent anyone from getting in. And then there's the boy; I swear that is Aiden! Hyper, energetic, flying all over the place and bored with everything. This is the way our marriages, our families, our jobs, and our homes really are, but we are so concerned with maintaining appearances that when anyone arrives at our front door and rings the doorbell, we quickly jump into position to put on that Norman Rockwell façade.
You see for many of us, actually being tha ...
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