Satan will use those closes to you to get you off track. My wife has been on her own since she was 13. She told me the other day that she dosen't have any parents. She has no relationship with them. her dad is 45 minutes away. 
She has done all the reaching out to her dad. he lives 45 minutes away. i'm from Cincinnati, 10 hrs away. her dad lives 45 minutes away. my parents have been here about 4 times since our marriage in 98. he lives 45 minutes away. she has more of a relationship with my parents than hers. he lives 45 minutes away. everytime we talk to him( he's married, been with his wife since my wife was a little girl-actually my wife has an older brother and a younger sister, they have the same parents...long story 
he takes our number down. our number hasn't changed in years. he has been here once, and that was at the wedding and then he left right after the wedding. dad is trippin!
Okay, here's the kicker, remember i said she has no relationship with her mom and she's been on her own since she was 13? Well, get ready, are you ready...her mom lives with us, under the same roof 
how can that be. Okay, maybe no relationship is too harsh, a very "thin-lined" relationship is better. Her mom has been living with her since before i met her. My wife is like the mother. All she wants is a "MOTHER" that is a mother. There is so many things that she does that will make most people give up, but my wife stays in there and tries. I have 4 kids, but having her there is like having, excuse my teenagers, it's like having a rebellious teenager there! I respect my elders. I say yes sir and yes maam. I used to call her mamma, but now i call her by her 1st name. she has lost the respect that a mother deserves. 
I know this sounds ruff, but i can't get into the things that has lead up to my wife feeling like she does. I often tell her that I admire her strength for sticking in this long.
I said all that to say this. Outside of Jesus, family is all we have, no matter how messed up they are, they are still our family. They still have our blood running through our veins. With everything my MIL has put my wife through, i'm talking fist fights and more, she has still stuck in there with her mom. The bible does say to honor thy father and mother, but it dosen't say we are to lay down and be rugs to them, maybe they conviently forgot were the word says fathers provke not they sons to anger (paraphrase). it can be used for mothers too. they have to respect us as well. Some people take the Word and pimp it so that it fits them and their situation.
The best thing we can do is fast and pray for the family member(s) that just GETS UNDER OUR SKIN!!!!
we all have them. Again, the enemy only comes to steal, kill, and destroy and he dosen't care who or what he uses to get the job done. He hates us and we should hate him, and if family is what he is using, that's a good thing, because he knows that little petty stuff won't work and if he's gone that far to get you off track, than you must be on the right one. He's studied humans for thousands of years so he knows what tricks to use, but "WE ARE NOT IGNORANT OF Satans DEVICES"
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