Finding Hope in the Midst of Defeat
I received a letter from a defeated stepmom. Her multi-layered complex stepfamily story shouted defeat. There's drug addiction. The courts are involved. And in-laws who have legal custody of the children are making it tough. It's really a difficult situation. And then there are those who say, "Well you got into this mess, you just have to get yourself out." That's not helpful. This stepmom is trying to be part of the solution. Let's bring the power of the church to her side and lean in with her.
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I received a letter from a defeated stepmom. Her multi-layered complex stepfamily story shouted defeat. There's drug addiction. The courts are involved. And in-laws who have legal custody of the children are making it tough. It's really a difficult situation. And then there are those who say, "Well you got into this mess, you just have to get yourself out." That's not helpful. This stepmom is trying to be part of the solution. Let's bring the power of the church to her side and lean in with her.
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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.
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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 ...more
It’s a tough world out there; I say we lean in together.
Ron: It’s a tough world out there; I say we lean in together.
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: I received a five-page letter from a defeated stepmom. Her multi-layered complex stepfamily story shouted defeat at every level. There’s drug addiction. A disengaged dad who has children with multiple mothers. The courts are involved. And in-laws who have legal custody of the children are making it tough on the stepmom. It’s really a difficult situation. And then there’s the judgmental onlookers who sit back and say, “Well you got yourself into this mess, you just have to get yourself out.”
Look, that’s not helpful. This stepmom is leaning in trying to be part of the solution. Let’s bring the power of the church to her side and lean in with her. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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