Whatever else may be said about home, it is the bottom line of life, the anvil upon which attitudes and convictions are hammered out. It is the place where life's bills come due, the single most influential force in our earthly existence. No price tag can adequately reflect its value. No gauge can measure its ultimate influence... for good or ill. It is at home, among family members, that we come to terms with circumstances. It is here life makes up its mind.
Although stripped of stained glass, soothing organ preludes, and the King's English, home is a sacred place. It's a place where milk is spilled, where toes are stubbed, and where people see you in your underwear.
It's real life... where real people rub up against real challenges. And how those people meet those challenges determines whether the faith of the family flourishes or flounders.
- Charles R. Swindoll in "The Practical Life of Faith"
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