FamilyLife Blended® Minute

A Refuge in Calamity (Proverbs 14)

with Ron Deal | March 30, 2020
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Proverbs 14 tells us that when calamity comes, even in death it says, the righteous have a refuge. Nearly every blended family has experienced a great loss. An absent parent, the death of a parent, or the death of a family through divorce. But I've repeatedly witnessed, beaten and battered people holding on to the rock of their salvation, surviving the storm, and emerging on the other side. Our refuge is not brought down by our circumstances. God is dependable. Hold on to Him.

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  • Proverbs 14 tells us that when calamity comes, even in death it says, the righteous have a refuge. Nearly every blended family has experienced a great loss. An absent parent, the death of a parent, or the death of a family through divorce. But I've repeatedly witnessed, beaten and battered people holding on to the rock of their salvation, surviving the storm, and emerging on the other side. Our refuge is not brought down by our circumstances. God is dependable. Hold on to Him.

  • 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.

I’ve been asked many times, “How do people survive tragedy without God?” Answer: I have no idea.