How can we transcend family shortcomings? This is the topic that i will be discussing for today. How can we surpass the shortcomings of our parents, siblings, and of the whole family?
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1. Forgive. This is the most important one.
There are two parties that you have to forgive. The first party is those who have failed or wronged you, especially if those are your parents. The second party is yourself. Many fathers are very busy with their careers because they are thinking of bringing their family up the social and economic ladder but in the end the result is disastrous because they lacked time for the family. But they also do not like it. In this era, both parents have to work. And even if your mother is not employed elsewhere, it's more than a full-time job to be at home. Don't ever say "My mother failed to bring me to the dentist, so my teeth got worse. She's unable to buy me braces, i'm not on trend anymore. blah blah blah." The parents may have shortcomings but those aren't intentional. Your choice is to plant your anger deep inside your heart forever then be miserable, or as the Lord said, "Forgive." If you want to be free, you've got to forgive.
2. Get all the good things that you can get.
And then, after you have sought forgiveness from the Lord, after you have forgiven others and yourself, then it's high time to get all the good things that you can get. There's still many good things that's available. Even countless of bad things has happened in your life so far, it's not yet the end. There are many good things that you can still gather. To realize that though you may have missed out on so many things in the past, there are still so many nice things that you can have for yourself because the Lord likes you to have them.
3. Improve on your weaknesses.
Reverse the situation. If there's anything negative on your life, make them positive and escape the sin and the curse of the sin of your fathers. Improve on your deficiencies. Stretch yourselves so that you can become the full persons that God wants you to be. But not meaning to say to yourself "This is me and how i used to be." That is a disease that must be prevented by ourselves. Do not accept that you still have those weaknesses. Improve on your deficiencies and weaknesses. Learn from others.
4. Expand your family.
Remember, a person can have two families: his biological family made up of parents, brothers, and sisters in the flesh; and his spiritual family. And the spiritual family will be your family forever. The Lord is so wonderful to provide us a lot of people in the church that can be our family.
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5. Expand your roots and your wing span.
Improve yourself physically, mentally, socially, and in all of that. spiritually.
6. When your turn comes, raise a godly family.
You cannot do anything about the past, but there's something you can do about the future. And then, when your turn comes, provide for your children good roots and wings. Do not be rebellious and, in the process, destroy yourself.
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