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The Lingering Effects of Divorce

with Ron Deal | September 17, 2024
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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

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The Lingering Effects of Divorce

With Ron Deal
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September 17, 2024
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Ron: Please, don’t misunderstand me.

Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.

Ron: After sharing in Romans five about God’s grace, Paul begins chapter six by declaring that grace does not give permission to keep on sinning. He doesn’t want to be misunderstood and neither do I. If you’re in a difficult first marriage and you hear me talking about healthy stepfamilies, don’t take that as permission to turn your back on your vows or think divorce isn’t hard on kids.

Leila Miller says children of divorce often have ongoing pain, difficulty trusting others, and have lost their sense of home. My point is this: As far as it depends on you, honor your vows. Don’t take divorce lightly and don’t take grace as permission to sin. For FamilyLife Blended, I’m Ron Deal.

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