Living in a struggling Household

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Phix

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Well for the past couple years theres been an extreme amount of tension between me and my mother and father. We just don't seem to get along due to clashes of personality. Today it came down to it, where they yelled at me calling me a leech and that I just didn't do anything beneficial to the house or family.

Let's take into account my parents don't go to church. It sucks to hear your own parents call you a sheep and say that you don't listen to yourself anymore, and that you take orders from a book that doesnt benefit you at all. And my dad like shut me down completely, and again for like the 20th time he told me to get out of his house, just because he likes to say it again.

I have a question, according to the Bible I know that I am supposed to respect my parents and love them, and it says to love one another, and I love them to death...but is it wrong to live in this house for the time being, have conversation when necessary, and do what I need to around the house to appease them, just for the next year or so until I graduate from High School? I know I'm asking for a marred relationship with my parents; but it's alright been like this for years, and they refuse to accept anything of me, and the persecution gets worse, and they down my friends at church, my mentors, my pastors, and everything...I just don't like the environment and I think it's perfectly fine to live with it on a basis of dealing with it on a need-to basis.

Give me your thoughts please.


God Bless,
Sean aka Phix
 
All I can say is, show Jesus to your parents through you. Do what they ask of you, and if they ask you to do A, B, and C chores, do those and do D and E also (as long as they don't disobey God). Obey and respect them even if they don't respect you. It's not bad to avoid them, just make sure you show them love. I will be praying for you. It must be very difficult living in such a situation.
 
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; Romans 12:12

Patient in tribulation, that is not the easiest thing that is asked of us! Kraniac gave very wise counsel. I wholeheartedly agree to go the extra mile. I would suggest getting the counsel of your preacher, also. If you are happy there, stay, if not, perhaps your preacher will have some suggestions. If you were in Texas I would take you in
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I cannot imagine parents not highly proud of a son who wants to serve the LORD. We need to keep you in prayer. I love the Psalms, there is great comfort there, when I am in the depths of despair, they always bring comfort. Perhaps you will feel the same.

My sheep hear my voice, and I konw them, and they follow me:
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
John 10:27~29
 
Phix: If you'd like, I could move this to the Advice forum on the Christian Gamers Alliance shared forums? It might revive the thread and draw more traffic. Up to you.
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I personally think it should be in the prayer forum myself. I am sorry or we would have had you on the prayer newsletter. Just a small side note. My family I guess has always been Christian but not too active. When we moved to Tenn and a smaller church I really wanted to be there and ended up persuading more regular attendence from my family. Even now that I live in another city and attend another church I stilll have two very close church families to rely on. It is a true blessing for my family that I pushed them as at least my parents tend to be regular attenders still and I have been out of the nest for over 10 years. Just keep showing by your example and when God is ready in His time things will work for His greatness.
Blessings,"Angel"
 
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