Summit Ministries

Yesterday (for I'm writing this a day after the fact), was very eye–opening day for me. Dr. Myers returned with applause to teach us again this week, this time on the family. I figured that I had the family all figured out. My family had almost been a model to others in our church; my brother, sister, and I were commended by adults who visited our house (due to my parents' discipline, not my own "good behavior"), and I thought I knew what the family was supposed to be. Although I did have a fair idea, I never understood why the family is so important and why it is under attack in today's society. Dr. Myers explained God's design for the family as revealed in Genesis 1 and 2, and the unraveling of the family member's roles in Genesis 3. His point that God created men and women equal but different struck me as important, and became even more dynamic in a later lecture. Dr. Myers explained how we are made to be "Satan Crushers (Romans 16:20)" and how that's why the family is under attack today. If people have abortions, divorce so frequently, and live homosexually, how can they raise Satan Crushers?

Along the same lines, Mrs. Debbie Brezina taught the girls about femininity and how we are to have a "gentle and quiet spirit." This is one of the things God set up specifically for families, and when women try to change their roles and God–given identities, everything falls apart.

So, even though all this was yesterday, I will remember it for a long time because of how foundational it is to how I should live and view the attacks on family today.