{"id":8856,"date":"2015-01-31T08:25:09","date_gmt":"2015-01-31T13:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/freedhearts\/?p=8856"},"modified":"2015-01-31T08:25:09","modified_gmt":"2015-01-31T13:25:09","slug":"jesus-blog-restore-the-beauty-of-home-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/freedhearts\/2015\/01\/31\/jesus-blog-restore-the-beauty-of-home-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus Blog: Restore the Beauty of Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"fireplace\"<\/p>\n

More today from my Saturday \u201cJesus Blog\u201d \u2013 a word from Jesus to you\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Home. A place of welcome, acceptance, rejuvenation. A place to be safe and to be loved, without condition. A beautifully\u00a0designed space of\u00a0rest.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

But beautiful things break down in the using \u2013 or the misusing.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Families can turn a safe haven into a concentration camp, so those within have no place of escape. Families throw over\u00a0their privileged position as your \u2018Biggest Fan\u2019 \u2013 replacing it with \u2018Biggest Detractor\u2019. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Those within suffer a thousand deaths because of it.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

They forget how much God love\u2019s them. They forget their privilege as part of a family and take on roles God never gave them.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

God weeps for His children so hurt by parents in homes like these.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Let me be change your view of home. Let me be your home.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Let me be your welcome, acceptance, rest, safety, and unbounded love.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Put your weight on me. Rest in me.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Come in. I will restore the beauty of home.<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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