Once again, we are interested in your response. However, we feel that you may be misinformed about the "quotes" you are using. Both Micah and Luke were not speaking of families being against each other in times of normality. These were in times of strife, times of famine, and times of great civil unrest. And, it was not to be taken as literally as you use them to quote. These quotes are literally taken way out of context. The actual Micah and Luke passages are as follows:
Luke 12: 49-53
49"I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! 50But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is completed! 51Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division. 52From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three. 53They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."
Micah 7: 1-7
7:1 Woe is me! For I have become
as when the summer fruit has been gathered,
as when the grapes have been gleaned:
there is no cluster to eat,
no first-ripe fig that my soul desires.
2 The godly has perished from the earth,
and there is no one upright among mankind;
they all lie in wait for blood,
and each hunts the other with a net.
3 Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well;
the prince and the judge ask for a bribe,
and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul;
thus they weave it together.
4 The best of them is like a brier,
the most upright of them a thorn hedge.
The day of your watchmen, of your punishment, has come;
now their confusion is at hand.
5 Put no trust in a neighbor;
have no confidence in a friend;
guard the doors of your mouth
from her who lies in your arms; [1]
6 for the son treats the father with contempt,
the daughter rises up against her mother,
the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
7 But as for me, I will look to the Lord;
I will wait for the God of my salvation;
my God will hear me.
We would love to hear from you, in your own words, so that we may communicate without hiding behind quotes or hidden meanings. In order to heal this problem, as a family, we need to be able to communicate needs and wants. Your meaning is not clear and, without hearing you in your own words, we cannot help you until you allow us to. | |||||||||||||
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Let's face it... The world is full of people who are unworthy of my attention. Stupid people, idiots, jerks, and there is certainly no shortage of worthless people like yourselves. How well do you put up with them? Are you able to stay calm and collected? Or would you rather grab someone by the hair and shove faces in a bowl of soup or beat someone over the head with a salt shaker? Hit someone in the grocery with your cart several times? Cut you til you bleed and laugh as the tincture, the Mercurochrome burns?
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