happy father's day!!! {yeah, i know i'm a tad bit late}

i'm on a flight headed back to china...what a great way to pass the time of this 22hr travel day than to write a blogpost, huh?!...

this past weekend, the hubby + i traveled to slidell, louisiana to attend our mom's {from the stampley side} 50th bday party...a post complete with pics from the party is to come as soon as i get back from china {note: blogger is blocked in china, so i can't upload pics}...

...as you know, sunday was father's day + we started the day by attending church with the fam.

have you ever attended church + felt like the message was just.for.you?!? well, that's EXACTLY how this sermon was...in the words of the pastor, "this [was] not your typical "feel good" father's day message". the message was about generational curses - a subject that the hubby + i have been discussing for quite some time as we continue to lay the foundation for our family. pastor lawrence weathersby of living the word international - www.ltwi.org - talked about fathers being aware of the generational curses that they perpetuate in their families + the consequences of not stopping the cycle. the distinction was made for fathers because it was father's day, but this subject applies to all parents.

the subject of generational curses is a biblical one...and can easily be seen in our daily lives. have you ever been told that you do not so favorable things "just like your mother/father/grandparents/other members of your family, etc."? well, that's a verrrry simple way of describing a generational curse. they are propensities to do a certain thing / act a certain way that are passed down a family from generation to generation...unless at some point they are stopped. we all have them...no family is perfect.

on our ride back to atlanta, the hubby + i listed out our generational curses + have decided to make a conscious effort to pray about them + to change our behavior as it relates to our own "not so favorable" traits. as wonderful of people the hubby + i would love to think that we are - ;) -, there are things that we don't want to pass down to our children + our children's children...we want them to be better than we are...as our parents have wanted for us.

.:::i must also add...after the sermon, my hubby made a great point...the same way that there are generational curses, there are also generational BLESSINGS + they should be cultivated + prayed for also:::.