Just as the Title suggests, I brew beer but my in-laws are having an issue with it.
Now just to give a brief background, we are all Christians. My wife's father is an ordained minister and him and his wife are very active in our church, but not the leaders of the church. I met my wife at church. With my in-laws history in the church and with other church organizations my father in-law worked with he was not allowed to drink. He had this position for nearly 15 years, so drinking is very foreign to him and his wife. My wife had never really drank before I met her but she enjoys a good wine or beer from time to time. When my wife and I first sat down I wanted to make sure that she understood that I enjoy beer along with many other hobbies and I didn't intend on changing because of someone elses convictions. She agreed to start seeing me and how we have been married for over two years. I have since been able to actually start brewing beer and I have a chest freezer for fermenting, and one for cold crashing or serving from my newly purchased kegs. This is something I have been wanting to do for nearly 16 years now, and I'm finally able to do it.
Now the problem comes in with my in-laws always giving me snarky remarks about me brewing or how much money I've spent on brewing gear. They have totally different interests than me, other than the safety of their daughter and our faith in Jesus Christ. I feel like they judge me for drinking and even more so for the amount of money that I have invested in this stuff. I admit that I drink daily, I also run 5-10 miles a day 4-5 days a week. I am by no way what I would consider an alcoholic, and in fact I don't even like to get drunk. I don't get the shakes or crave beer throughout the day. I enjoy beer but I have gone months without it. Now in that time it doesn't mean that I was not trying to study more in depth about making it, but I didn't crave it. I just really hate having them over, and we don't invite them to any gatherings or parties we have because I ALWAYS supply beer, since I brew so much of it. The only issue I can see that would scripturally go against what I am doing and with out much time I put into learning and focusing on making beer, is that the Lord commands us to not have ideals, and when we focus more on worldly things than our Creator, then we are worshiping something else. The way I see it, and this might just be me justifying what I do, is that if you get into any hobby and you have an overachieving type of personality, then you are going to put your all into being the best you can be. I run race, and I dont just stop at marathons, I run 100+ mile races. I dedicate a lot of time to running, but they don't frown about that.
I mainly needed to vent, but I also wonder what you all think about this?
Now just to give a brief background, we are all Christians. My wife's father is an ordained minister and him and his wife are very active in our church, but not the leaders of the church. I met my wife at church. With my in-laws history in the church and with other church organizations my father in-law worked with he was not allowed to drink. He had this position for nearly 15 years, so drinking is very foreign to him and his wife. My wife had never really drank before I met her but she enjoys a good wine or beer from time to time. When my wife and I first sat down I wanted to make sure that she understood that I enjoy beer along with many other hobbies and I didn't intend on changing because of someone elses convictions. She agreed to start seeing me and how we have been married for over two years. I have since been able to actually start brewing beer and I have a chest freezer for fermenting, and one for cold crashing or serving from my newly purchased kegs. This is something I have been wanting to do for nearly 16 years now, and I'm finally able to do it.
Now the problem comes in with my in-laws always giving me snarky remarks about me brewing or how much money I've spent on brewing gear. They have totally different interests than me, other than the safety of their daughter and our faith in Jesus Christ. I feel like they judge me for drinking and even more so for the amount of money that I have invested in this stuff. I admit that I drink daily, I also run 5-10 miles a day 4-5 days a week. I am by no way what I would consider an alcoholic, and in fact I don't even like to get drunk. I don't get the shakes or crave beer throughout the day. I enjoy beer but I have gone months without it. Now in that time it doesn't mean that I was not trying to study more in depth about making it, but I didn't crave it. I just really hate having them over, and we don't invite them to any gatherings or parties we have because I ALWAYS supply beer, since I brew so much of it. The only issue I can see that would scripturally go against what I am doing and with out much time I put into learning and focusing on making beer, is that the Lord commands us to not have ideals, and when we focus more on worldly things than our Creator, then we are worshiping something else. The way I see it, and this might just be me justifying what I do, is that if you get into any hobby and you have an overachieving type of personality, then you are going to put your all into being the best you can be. I run race, and I dont just stop at marathons, I run 100+ mile races. I dedicate a lot of time to running, but they don't frown about that.
I mainly needed to vent, but I also wonder what you all think about this?