Family Matters

Today Timothy and I are in San Diego. My wife will join us this evening. Rosemary and I were joined in marriage in this beautiful city in 1981. I have here, a mother-in-law, sister-in-law and a host of cousins-in-law. As soon as Timothy and I landed yesterday we starting visiting family. What a joy to have one and be part of one. The psalmist says that "God sets the lonely in families" (68:6a, NIV). Another rendition of that verse says that God "sets the desolate in a homeland." Both versions celebrate the truth that God has given us each other. The divine design has us as part of something larger than ourselves.We are better off because we have family. Every family group has some, shall we say, "colorful characters". Some families have members that humiliate the family and spoil every gathering. However, those knuckleheads are still ours. Family matters- to us and to God.