One of God's primary purposes for your family is to be a light in a world of darkness. Did you know that an ordinary family can have a tremendous impact in our world?I'm reminded of the Battle of Dunkirk in 1940. The French army was reeling from the onslaught of Hitler's Panzer divisions. The Dutch and Belgians had surrendered and the Allied forces were trapped in the Channel port of Dunkirk with no way to escape. Hitler's tank forces, only miles away in the hills of France, were ready to smash forward.
The Royal Navy did not have enough ships to mount a rescue. But then, as William Manchester describes in his book The Last Lion:
A strange fleet appeared: trawlers and tugs, scows and fishing sloops, lifeboats and pleasure craft, smacks and coasters...even the London Fire Brigade's fire-float Massey Shaw-all of them manned by civilian volunteers: English fathers, sailing to rescue England's exhausted, bleeding sons.
In the end, the ragtag civilian armada brought 338,682 men safe to the shores of England! Common people had made the difference.
Today there is a war being waged on the family. Our nation's marriages, specifically our children, face their own particular Dunkirk. Your family can make a difference. The nation's families hang in the balance.
The question is will there be enough common people who are willing to set sail to rescue this generation of exhausted, bleeding children of divorce and broken families? Will you let your light shine in the darkness? The value of the next generation demands it. The nation hangs in the balance of how the Church will respond to this crisis. What can you do?