Leading a Godly Family.

America has been deemed a Christian nation since its founding, but over the years there seems to be a driving force in society that wants that title to disappear.

John Adams taught "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." The moral fiber of a nation can always be broken down to its basest unit: the family! Individual families make up a community, communities make cities, cities make states, and states make the nation.

The Best thing for this nation is to see that the families continue to rise to a higher standard of morality. How can we accomplish this? The fathers need to take their place at the head of the family and lead them as God would have them. When the family ought to gather for dinner, where are the fathers? When we should be teaching our families how to kneel together and give thanks to God for all that we have been blessed with, what do we allow to take up that time? When we should be reading God’s word, what other form of entertainment are we caught up in? Do we take the time as a family to do service for others? Do we use the weekends to gather our families and take them to church with us? (or do they go without us) Are we sharing the truths that we have learned from God’s law and showing how to live by that word? Are we man enough to let others know that we are religious, even when we are around those who might seem indifferent? Hiding who we are, (children of God) our wasting to much of our time, or neglecting our duty to teach and spend time with our family will not aid us in creating a better nation.

Many women have taken the role of head of the house too often in the spiritual well-being of the family. But when the fathers do not step into that role, the results will be minimal. The father is the driver, the disciplinarian, or the wedge which can keep the rest of the family from rallying around the standard of truth. Let us all find within ourselves the strength to improve our families and that of our friends’ families, and we will once again become a great nation that can say, "In God We Trust."