Checking Your Family History

Do you ever wonder why you do what you do? Why do you constantly do the same sins over again? Do you see patterns in your family that have occurred over and over in a particular generation?

All of us have a family. What we have to embrace is that God choose to bring us in a particular family, in a particular place, at a particular moment in history. This gives us a lot of blessings, opportunities, and gifts. However, many of the families that we are born in hand us down emotional baggage. For some of us this baggage is really small and it doesn’t play a big part in our life. For others of us, this baggage is so heavy, so much of a burden on us, we think that this is the way life has to be lived.

Part of breaking free is being able to live with complete joy and freedom in the present day. But to live this life of breaking free from our emotional baggage, we have to go back. In order to move forward spiritually, we have to go back emotionally. God wants us to break free from the destructive sinful patterns of our pats to live the life God intends for us.

What happens in one generation often repeats itself in the next generation. The consequences of actions and decisions taken in one generation affect those who follow. So in order to break free from generational sin, it is healthy to observe certain patterns from one generation to the next. There are sin patterns such as: divorce, alcoholism, addictive behavior, sexual abuse, poor marriages, children running away, mistrust of authority, pregnancy out of wedlock, an inability to sustain stable relationships, etc.

All of us have a family and all of us came from a family. Our patterns are played out in our present relationships with us not even knowing it sometimes. The way you live your life isn’t just for today. The way you life is affected by your previous generations and the way you live your life will effect future generations.

If you don’t deal with your generational sin, it won’t go away, it will linger. You may think not thinking about your generational sin will make it go away. The reality is that it won’t go away.

So are you going to break the cycle of your family problems? Or are you going to let your negative family behaviors get passed down to the next generation?

Here are two books to help you out on your journey: Why You Do What You Do and Emotionally Healthy Spirituality. Read these and began your journey today.

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