Genesis 2:7

And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.” And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. Then the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. And Adam said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; She shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man.” Genesis 2:7, 18, 21-23

Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, “I have acquired a man from the Lord.” Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel.
Genesis 4:1-2

These verses are about the first family. If you read on you’ll find that in this family is where the act of murder comes on the Biblical scene. Family can be a difficult thing, or it can be a joyful, refreshing part of life. There’s nothing like a family for giving joy and laughter and there’s nothing like it for inflicting pain. The devil hates family and works to destroy it wherever possible. But God’s purpose for family is that within it He would be honored and loved. There’s just no way to comprehend God’s design for family unless we truly know Jesus and His Word. I’m not talking about who does what work within the home, I’m talking about honoring God and His Word in our hearts so that what He has purposed for us is embraced. God’s plan is to heal, and that means healing for our families as well. Once we begin to live out His purposes for us, we will begin to see His purposes realized within our homes and families.

Today we choose to celebrate family - both our individual family units and our church family. God designed the church family to be a mirror to individual family units. We are to be bonded together, loving, supporting and helping each other, but most of all rejoicing in the presence of God and enjoying fellowship with each other. Let’s embrace His wholeness and allow His love to pour through us to one another so that we all would be bonded, joined and functional in a way that would cause the world to know Him and us to rejoice in Him.