FamilyLife Blended® Minute

Demon-Possessed Pigs (Luke 8)

with | April 22, 2019
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In Luke 8 Jesus casts a legion of demons out of a man into some farmer's pigs. Have you ever thought what it cost that farmer? He starts the day rich, but ends it with 2000 dead demon-possessed pigs drowned in a lake. Marriage is a bit like this. There are many unexpected sacrifices Jesus demands of us: putting up with your spouse's annoying personality quirks; changing how I communicate to live peaceably with them and on and on. But my unexpected cost is a joy to our "usness." Together, we win.

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  • In Luke 8 Jesus casts a legion of demons out of a man into some farmer's pigs. Have you ever thought what it cost that farmer? He starts the day rich, but ends it with 2000 dead demon-possessed pigs drowned in a lake. Marriage is a bit like this. There are many unexpected sacrifices Jesus demands of us: putting up with your spouse's annoying personality quirks; changing how I communicate to live peaceably with them and on and on. But my unexpected cost is a joy to our "usness." Together, we win.

  • Ron Deal

    Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and Preparing to Blend. Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist, popular conference speaker, and host of the FamilyLife Blended podcast. He and his wife, Nan, have three sons and live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Learn more at FamilyLife.com/blended.

My sacrifice might be our joy.