If God tells His people to do something through His Word, that means that it's not an impossible task. Is that a true statement? For instance, Luke 17:3 "If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him" Jesus wouldn't say that unless is was achievable, that we would be able to rebuke a brother, and then forgive him. And Philippians 4:8 says "Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things". That means that it is possible, with God's help that we can keep our thoughts within those boundaries. And the instructions for family life "Children, obey your parents" and "Fathers, do not exasperate your children" from Ephesians 6. I find it so great that even though we struggle with all these things, God did find it important to put them in the Bible for us to live our lives by, and than he does and will give us the ablity to do them. Sometimes it seems impossible... but it shouldn't be. Hmm.