Genesis 11 A Family - 2372 Words

Genesis 11:27-32 A Family in Transition Chuck Swindol said, â€Å"Whatever else may be said about the home, it is the bottom line of life, the anvil upon which attitudes and convictions are hammered out. It is the place where life’s bills come due, the single most influential force in our earthly existence.† â€Å"When You Thought I Wasn’t Looking.† When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator, and I wanted to paint another one. When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw you feed a stray cat, and I thought it was good to be kind to animals. When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw you make my favorite cake for me, and I knew that little things are special things. When you thought I wasn’t looking, I heard†¦show more content†¦Children Start School, Go to College, When the Children move out of the home, Empty Nesters, Going to college/Military, Changing Careers, Getting Married, Divorce, Loosing a loved one, Moving to a new place, They may be voluntary, like a career change, or involuntary, like an accident, a disability or an illness. Caring for someone with a terminal illness. They may be predictable or unpredictable. Every family must decide their own priorities. Seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness. Except the Lord build the house they labor in vain that build it. The family before us today was definitely a family in transition. Vs.27 Some 250 years removed from the great flood this family, descendants of Shem, had settled into Mesopotamian region call Ur. Vs.10 Arphaxad was born two years after the Flood; Salah, thirty-seven years; Eber, sixty-seven years; Peleg, one hundred and one years; Reu, one hundred and thirty-one years; Serug, one hundred and sixty-three years; Nahor, one hundred and ninety-three years; Terah, the father of Abraham, two hundred and twenty-two years. – roughly the same amount of time since the United States of America declared its independence. Often times we skip over the genealogies because they are hard to pronounce and we don’t know who they are anyway. However, genealogies can be a fascinating study. In 2009, a 12-year-old girl stumbled onto an incredible genealogical connection: Every American