Grafted Together By Love
When Mathew spoke at his stepmother's funeral he said, "While we have no common blood and no matching physical characteristics, we have been grafted together by God as mother and son. I think sociologists would define us as a blended family. I prefer to think of us as a hybrid family, grafted together by God." When you graft two plants together it's a cool science experiment. When you graft two families together, the cutting and grafting can be painful, but the end result is life-giving.
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When Mathew spoke at his stepmother's funeral he said, "While we have no common blood and no matching physical characteristics, we have been grafted together by God as mother and son. I think sociologists would define us as a blended family. I prefer to think of us as a hybrid family, grafted together by God." When you graft two plants together it's a cool science experiment. When you graft two families together, the cutting and grafting can be painful, but the end result is life-giving.
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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
You know what a hybrid is, right? It’s when two things are combined.
Ron: You know what a hybrid is, right? It’s when two things are combined.
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Ron: When Mathew spoke at his stepmother’s funeral he spoke of being grafted into her life by love. He said, “While we have no common blood and no matching physical characteristics, we have been grafted together by God as mother and son. I think sociologists would define us as a blended family. I prefer to think of us as a hybrid family, grafted together by God.”
When you graft two plants together it’s a pretty cool science experiment. When you graft two families together, the cutting and grafting can be painful, but the end result is life-giving. Keep watering and feeding your hybrid blended family and watch it grow. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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