Sadly, families fail in many ways:
We judge each other's missteps and misfortunes. We decide our way(s) will prove superior.
In the name of family, countless cruel words have been issued. Perhaps worse, even more omissions of kindness have been put into play, in the name of "It's what he/she deserves!"God seems undeterred though it must break His heart.
Without missing a beat, He surrounds the broken filly, or family member, with a new team of horses, not related by blood but by shared strength and forgiveness and common embrace.
The abandoned or rejected family member will find him or herself buoyed by a family of friends through church or other circumstances that only God could assemble.
Therein lies the power of love made great through brokenness and new embrace, and the pivotal power of not judging each other.
Friended Family, made by God.
