gordo
Puritan Board Freshman
Hey guys. Not sure if this is the right place, but it said family forum so I posted it here.
My mother in law is an amazing Christian women who loves the Lord and loves to follow his commandments and serve where ever she can. She constantly puts her own needs and wants on the back burner to help others.
Her husband, my father in law, has a daughter from his first marriage that seems to have an issue with my mother in law. There have been many issues over the years, but one right now seems to be causing my mother in law great stress. The said daughter has invited my mother in law and father in law on an expensive holiday in July. Things right now are not great between my mother in law and said daughter. My mother in law would just rather not go, but feels turning down this trip may be wrong and cause family 'drama'.
I told my mother in law, that if she doesnt want to go then she should just not go. The daughter is not a believer and uses my mother in laws faith as a chain she can pull whenever she wants. An example is "well a Christian should do this...or that".
To get down to it, my mother in law feels that it would be un-Christian to just cut ties and say they don't want to go on this expensive vacation. I have told her that she should tell the daughter that she would rather use the money to fund some Christian charities or send a single mom and her kids away for a week and pay her wages in Christ's name. It would be a great witness and a radical thing to do. She shrugged it off and said her daughter in law would again bring up that she isn't being 'Christian'.
Does anyone have any good scripture that I could give my mother in law to tell her it's ok to not satisfy every wim of an ungrateful, unbelieving daughter? i mention the verse in Matt 10 about Jesus putting the sword between family, but if there is any others that come to mind that would be great. thanks very much!
My mother in law is an amazing Christian women who loves the Lord and loves to follow his commandments and serve where ever she can. She constantly puts her own needs and wants on the back burner to help others.
Her husband, my father in law, has a daughter from his first marriage that seems to have an issue with my mother in law. There have been many issues over the years, but one right now seems to be causing my mother in law great stress. The said daughter has invited my mother in law and father in law on an expensive holiday in July. Things right now are not great between my mother in law and said daughter. My mother in law would just rather not go, but feels turning down this trip may be wrong and cause family 'drama'.
I told my mother in law, that if she doesnt want to go then she should just not go. The daughter is not a believer and uses my mother in laws faith as a chain she can pull whenever she wants. An example is "well a Christian should do this...or that".
To get down to it, my mother in law feels that it would be un-Christian to just cut ties and say they don't want to go on this expensive vacation. I have told her that she should tell the daughter that she would rather use the money to fund some Christian charities or send a single mom and her kids away for a week and pay her wages in Christ's name. It would be a great witness and a radical thing to do. She shrugged it off and said her daughter in law would again bring up that she isn't being 'Christian'.
Does anyone have any good scripture that I could give my mother in law to tell her it's ok to not satisfy every wim of an ungrateful, unbelieving daughter? i mention the verse in Matt 10 about Jesus putting the sword between family, but if there is any others that come to mind that would be great. thanks very much!