A Family Union
by Michelle Stace

In the beginning God created a family union;
One man for one woman, He said, it was good,
'Be fruit and multiply, over the earth have dominion.'
Words of life they were given to live as they should.

The family order is perfect, God's beauty it mirrors.
His role for the man is to lead and provide;
'He findeth a wife and obtains the Lord's favour.'
She's keeper of the home and stands by his side.

As with Christ and His Church - the way for man and wife -
Becoming one flesh they’re united in marriage.
And gladly they receive God's gifts of new life;
to faithfully raise unto Him as a heritage.

Each child is taught in the way he should go:
To love the Lord God with heart, mind and soul,
Honoring parents is part of God’s command,
And 'doing unto others' in all that they can.

But the family isn't what it used to be,
Two incomes are 'needed' for them to survive.
They call my children 'our' children;
Will we buy into their lies?

So husband and wife go in diff 'rent directions,
Each to their own occupation.
His paycheck, her paycheck;
Ahh . . . . domestic competition!

His check for bills and hers for some toys;
Instead of God's provision, on this they rely.
First a house and a car, then a dog named Leroy;
Nice clothes and vacations . . . they're getting by.

With careful 'family planning' arrives a made to order pair;
Is Mom’s commitment to family or to the second income?
Well a habit's been formed, so the children go to daycare
. . . To be raised and nurtured by a substitute mom.

The children get older and go to public school;
Where they learn many things they can't live without . . .
There's no absolute truth, so make your own rules,
They're descended from apes, and what 'safe sex' is all about.

                                                            
At home, education resumes with TV,
And convenient meals come from boxes and cans.
There's no time to cook - everyone is too busy;
Seems that 'quality time' is only a sham.

Sadly we hear a divorce is occuring.
At work Dad has found a girlfriend to visit;
Or maybe it's Mom who's having the fling.
Well, grass is greener on the other side . . . isn't it?

So ignoring God's order, we've created perfect chaos;
Mom wears the pants, Dad has lost his incentive.
Instead of godly offspring, the children are rebellious
. . . Our God given roles we're only pretending to live.

They'd have us believe traditional family is outdated.
They'd have us believe a family is ANY combination.
Despite what they try it isn't what God created;
. . . But it is what He calls abomination!

God's word is etched in the blood of the Lamb;
Yet we dare subject it to our shifting opinions.
Games we may play, but His Word stays the same;
O return to GOD'S standard of a family union!