On Family

You know family is a good thing. I did not know most of my family growing up- and most of them were not a very big part of my life. But I found family in the Church. My Christian brothers and sisters are many of them "closer than a brother" to me. It is amazing that I have gotten this far in life- but it is not without my "Family". It is good to belong. I do not take kindly to attacks on my own- and unlike some- my own is not always flesh and blood. They have taken care of me- and I must do the same. Without Loyalty, it is hard to trust. And without trust, it is hard to live. I used to think that I didn't need much family and that it wasn't really anything all that good- but really I just found those who were loyal and they became my family- whether they were related to me by blood- like my sisters or my mother- or they were of the same spirit, like the doctor and Schaeffer- or they had bent over backwards out of love like my step-father. This was my family- and so I had lied to myself when I had told myself that I did not need family. It turned out I thought my family was more important to me than many of the people I knew who always said they thought their family was important.
Now I have been blessed with meeting more of my "actual" family. This has been a bit humbling. Have you ever felt like you came from nowhere? Have you ever felt like you had no roots? Like you were not connected to anything naturally? I did, but it is not the case. I did come from somewhere- and I am connected. I thank God for the opportunity to see those connections and pray that he would continue to give me a humble spirit and the faith to step forward.