Christ and the Family

I am surprised that the Spirit of ChristIs not a part of any cause that I can findExcept the family. It doesn’t seemTo take part in debatesOf doctrine.It doesn’t argue.It doesn’t try to prove itself at all.In fact, it is most often found In the unsolicited praiseOf those that it inhabits.And when those who have itTry to describe relationships in its context,They inevitably are cast back upon descriptions of the family,Father, son, mother, daughter, sister, brother,These are our closest approximationsTo the love that we’ve found in HimAnd in those in whom he dwells.And isn’t that a surprise,That in Him we find a family,And in the family, at its best, We find something of Him.