Our call is to bring up children in a home where two parents love and care for one another, and where we treat each other with kindness, forgiveness, and love. The significance of this call stems from the eternal truth that God established the family, and he is the one who issues the call. He calls us daily to give, “courageous action and suffering love.” If the family is going to survive we must take this call seriously.
There are several practical ways to respond to our high calling. One that must remain a top priority is to make sure we always keep the romance alive and growing in our marriage relationship. We must take time for giving and making love. If we do not love our partner as much as we would like to, we can ask God to put a greater love in our heart for him or her. … Along with keeping romance alive, and love growing, comes the equal necessity of having fun together as a family. …
The crowning touch of this call is learning the importance of become thankful people within our families. I believe an ungrateful attitude is responsible for much unhappiness in today’s homes. … Have we forgotten what it means to feel thankful toward each other today? Do we understand how important it is to genuinely appreciate one another and to treat each family member with gentle kindness and a thankful heart?
Hope MacDonald, The Flip Side of Liberation: A Call to Traditional Values, pg.42-43
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