Don’t complain about the tensions in your family situation. Don’t resist them. Instead, ask God to use them to expose and root out any and all areas of selfishness in your life. See each irritating situation as an opportunity for you to lay down your life in loving service to your family—not as a doormat or a self-pitying martyr, but as an act of surrender to God.
“Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done…”
— John 13:14-15 (NIV)
Father God, give me the mind of Christ that I might be a willing servant. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.