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Hey all! So, I have a slight problem. I am blessed to be in a Christian family! However, the older I get the more I see that mostly it is my Mom that really takes her Christianity seriously. Please don't get me wrong, my Dad is a great person and an awesome provider and seems to be a Christian. I love him (a lot!!). But he doesn't really take any initiative to do spiritual things with the family.
Of course we go to church, and we have a mid-week Bible study we attend, and of course I have a daily time of prayer and scripture reading on my own, but we just don't seem to be able to keep a family devotional time together. During school (I'm home schooled), my Mom always opens with prayer and Bible reading, but that's just mom and the few of us left in school (it doesn't include Dad or some of my siblings that still use home as a place to hang their hat). My Mom has tried to get A family devotional time together numerous times, but we always go for a short time and then stop.
So, my question is: What can I do? This is important enough to me that I would like to keep it together, but do you think my Dad would think that disrespectful? It's not that he resents or dislikes having the devotional time, simply that he doesn't get it together. What should I say and how can I get a devotions time up and going without appearing judgemental or disrespectful?
Please, please just answer my question. I don't want to hear anything bad about my Dad.
Thanks in advance!
~Luthien Tinuviel
Of course we go to church, and we have a mid-week Bible study we attend, and of course I have a daily time of prayer and scripture reading on my own, but we just don't seem to be able to keep a family devotional time together. During school (I'm home schooled), my Mom always opens with prayer and Bible reading, but that's just mom and the few of us left in school (it doesn't include Dad or some of my siblings that still use home as a place to hang their hat). My Mom has tried to get A family devotional time together numerous times, but we always go for a short time and then stop.
So, my question is: What can I do? This is important enough to me that I would like to keep it together, but do you think my Dad would think that disrespectful? It's not that he resents or dislikes having the devotional time, simply that he doesn't get it together. What should I say and how can I get a devotions time up and going without appearing judgemental or disrespectful?
Please, please just answer my question. I don't want to hear anything bad about my Dad.
Thanks in advance!
~Luthien Tinuviel