So they find a substitute family structure in a gang. But of course it is a false structure and provides no real security or stability. Last Wednesday our Lubbock district attorney, Bill Sowder, addressed our Pray Lubbock group of pastors. He mentioned that the majority of cases coming through the courtrooms deal with some kind of family violence. Many marriages today are struggling.
Many people carry deep scars from bad marriages and relationships.
The pain of rejection and abandonment hurt all the way to the core of their being. All of this baggage is brought into new marriages and continues to cause havoc. Families today are hurting and broken. Let s look again at the first family and we ll see that some of the issues have been around for a long time. It came to a head over offerings that they brought to God.