Day 2: Family

Day 2: Family

Principle: Home is where the H.E.A.R.T. is.

Before you take any step of faith, you have to tap into your support group. Hopefully, your family is the best support group you have. I do not care who you are, or what sort of family you come from. Every single one of them has some sort of dysfunction. Even so, it is the management of that dysfunction that establishes whether or not your support group can be truly leaned on during times when you need it. How do you manage your family, best serving them and best preparing them to support you?

Remember, home is where the H.E.A.R.T. is. In order to keep it that way, there are 5 principles we should practice in our home to ensure that the environment is conducive to support our development and destiny.

H:Humility--If each one lives to serve the other, the home will be a very happy face. You can best serve the members of your family if you have a truly humble spirit, always thinking less of yourself and more of others.

E:Equality--Every person in the home should be valued equally, not based on gender roles or preconceived ideas of domestication.

A:Accountability--Every one should be willing to sit in accountability for their own actions, accept the consequences of their actions, and act differently when asked to based on the good of the entire family.

R:Responsibility--If a family is to flourish, every member has to do his or her part to "shoulder the load." This has both a literal and figurative meaning. The family can only function as well as its weakest unit, so, if everyone works together holding up their part, the entire unit functions accordingly and surges towards successful, relational growth.

T:Tranquility--There is a lot to be said when their a house full of peacemakers. When problems arise, speak and act peaceably with one another and not let emotions momentarily displace the victorious mindset we are called to walk in.

If we simply remember that home is where the H.E.A.R.T. is, and we embrace thse 5 principles about successful in-home relationships, the deepened resultant bond will catapult our families to next level of prosperous living.