Wisdom-Trek / Creating a LegacyWelcome to Day 1353 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to WisdomThe Importance of Family – Ask GrampsWisdom - the final frontier to true knowledge. Welcome to Wisdom-Trek where our mission is to create a legacy of wisdom, to seek out discernment and insights, and to boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before.


Hello, my friend, I am Guthrie Chamberlain, your captain on our journey to increase wisdom and create a living legacy. Thank you for joining us today as we explore wisdom on our 2nd millennium of podcasts. This is Day 1353 (https://wisdom-trek.com/captivate-podcast/day-1353/) of our trek, and it is time for our Philosophy Friday series. Each Friday, we ponder some of the fundamental truths and mysteries of life and how they can impact us in creating our living legacy.


As we continue on this trek called life, sometimes we have questions about life, so our Friday trek is a time where we can “Ask Gramps.” Gramps will answer questions that you would like to ask your dad or granddad, but for whatever reason, this is not possible. No matter how old we are, I know that all of us would like the opportunity to ask Dad or Gramps questions about life in many areas.


We may mix it up a bit on our Friday episodes, but we will strive to keep them down to earth and enjoyable. If you have any questions that you would like to ask Gramps, please email them to guthrie@wisdom-trek.com (mailto:guthrie@wisdom-trek.com) .


So the question for this week is:


“Hey, Gramps, with so many families required to stay home and attempting to homeschool their children, I understand that it is putting a real strain on relationships between spouses and also with their children. What wise tips can you share to help those families who are struggling?”


The Importance of Family


The current situation with Covid-19 came upon us so quickly, and no one worldwide was prepared for it. The uncertainty of the eventual outcome, and the prospect of the “shelter at home” policies lasting several weeks, or possibly months, has everyone on edge. The family has always been the nucleus of society since the original creation.


We now have a heightened need for everyone, including you, to understand that your family is important and that getting along is of supreme importance. Yes, this will require self-sacrificing for each family member and that should stem from your love for each other. The family must be a place that is safe and free from hurts and heartache. Just because we are family doesn’t give anyone the right to be demeaning and disrespectful. Mother Teresa said it best:


We sometimes think that poverty is only being hungry, naked, and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.


When a family sees each other as a gift from God and recognizes the uniqueness each one brings to the home, then and only then does it become a true sanctuary of peace and kindness and love and joy and laughter and patience and a bottomless bowl of grace.


One of the best places to see God’s intent for the family is found in Paul’s instructions to the Ephesians in Ephesians 5:21 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+5%3A21&version=NLT) says, "And further, submit to one another out of reverence for Christ."


You must always understand Scripture in context. In any organization, there has to be a person who is responsible to God. In the family, the husband bears that responsibility. As a wife supports her husband, the husband has a much higher responsibility before God.  Ephesians 5:25-26 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+5%3A25-26&version=NLT) reveals to us, "For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for...