I have spent many years trying to figure out what went wrong with families. My own family is a fitting example of children being a burden, both my parents were victims of neglect, physical and emotional abuse and incest and sexual abuse. They carried a huge load of pain and rage and made every effort to empty that bottomless pit onto their children. Two suicides and three childless siblings later; the damage done but not over. My childhood peers were children of young men and women who survived World War and concentration camps. Did they do the best they could? I cannot judge that. What I have observed is that they continued to strive. As humans we have forgotten the face of our heavenly Father but he is persistant
I have spent many years trying to figure out what went wrong with families. My own family is a fitting example of children being a burden, both my parents were victims of neglect, physical and emotional abuse and incest and sexual abuse. They carried a huge load of pain and rage and made every effort to empty that bottomless pit onto their children. Two suicides and three childless siblings later; the damage done but not over. My childhood peers were children of young men and women who survived World War and concentration camps. Did they do the best they could? I cannot judge that. What I have observed is that they continued to strive. As humans we have forgotten the face of our heavenly Father but he is persistant