Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ-Phil 1:6

Being told that I now have a "broken home", I realized that these past 7 months, I have never once looked at my home as "broken". What is the definition of a broken home? A family in which the parents have separated or divorced.
  So then, lets take a family which consists of a mother, a father and two children, the oldest, a boy and the youngest, a girl.  The father works from home, an entrepreneur of sorts. The mother is  beautiful, smart, career minded and has a successful high paying job. The kids spend most of their weekdays in after school care and weekends are spent with the nanny. Neither parent in this family has time for God or "religion" and the children have grown up not really believing in anything.  They have a gorgeous home in an very prestigious area, drive his and her X5's and are seen by those in their inner circle as the "perfect family". The parents don't really spend quality time together and their social events consist of comparing stock portfolios. The mother is bitter and the father feels inadequate. The children learn nothing about sacrificial love only see self seeking examples on how to be competitive and money driven. This family does not fight, there is no screaming or yelling. In fact, this family rarely has any communication. The parents of this home see nothing wrong with the functionality of their family. So much so that they raise their kids to adulthood in this manner. Eventually this cycle will be repeated by the children.
This family according to this definition of a "broken home", would be considered "Complete" or " Whole". This family has a mother and a father who have not separated or divorced. They are "unbroken". They are "intact".

I want to compare this with another family in which their is a father, mother and step children? A family in which the mother and father both found a better way of life in Jesus Christ and led their kids to this faith as well. A family whos life revolves around Christ. Their home is Christ centered. The father works and the mother stays home to care for her home, and her children. The weekends consist of family events and church functions. The family eats dinners together and spends most evenings in heavy communication. They do family bible studies and love learning about God together. The parents are involved in church ministry and the children follow in their footsteps with childrens ministry. The spiritual life of these parents begins to get stronger, their church ministry grows into home ministry. Quickly the demands the father put on himself become overwhelming. He begins to fear his capabilities and motives and enters into doubt about his faith. The mother and children all stand by him insisting that if he would just hold on to God, his faith will be restored. But the father resists and falls apart. His fear takes over his faith and he runs. He tells his wife he can no longer carry her or the family and he needs to leave her. He begins to believe the lies that His God promised his enemy will preach to him. He turns from God and His call on his life and falls into the arms of doubt, fear, anger,and bitterness. He now fully believes he cannot live up to the expectations of his household and so he stops trying. His wife begins to fall apart believing that this man held her family together, without him they cannot function. He is the head of this home, they need him! Four months go by before the wife realizes that it was not this man who held her family together, it was Christ! She holds tight to her faith and teaches her kids about trials and sufferings. She shares stories of redemption and restoration. She preaches unconditional love and the healing hand of God. She prays day and night and asks God to take a hold of her and heal her marriage. God takes her on a journey of suffering, refining, patient endurance, spiritual maturity and Hope. Hope in his Word. In His promise. So she waits. Her home remains more Christ centered than ever before. Her faith is tested and pressed. She continues in love and forgiveness towards her husband. Her family although functioning differently, is still functioning, and in the will of the Father. Her kids see her grow in her faith, they see her struggle and still hold onto Christ. They see her Christ-likeness when she displays God's love, everlasting and always forgiving. They watch her love her husband in all circumstances.  This home, is the example of a broken home by definition.But her home is not broken. It is on hold. The work in her marriage is not complete and her hope lies in the Truth. Her children will grow up and not depart from the ways of the Lord. They will break any chain of generational curses or behaviors with their faith in Jesus Christ. This "broken home", this unfinished work, is the work of the Author and Finisher of our faith. The One Healer God Almighty. This home is not broken! This home is risen with Christ and seated at His right hand in victory! This home is healed! This marriage is healed! This family is anything but broken! Because we believe that He who began a good work in us will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ!!!