Main Family or Stuck on the Side?
A kid innocently asked his friend's stepmom that question. Maybe you can relate. Are you just sort of stuck on the side if you're family by marriage, by half siblings, or distant cousins twice removed? Hey, family can get complicated. Well, at church if Jesus is your Lord, then you're not stuck on the side. You're part of the family of God. And in life, if you're family stuck on the side, you're still family as long as I treat you that way.
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A kid innocently asked his friend's stepmom that question. Maybe you can relate. Are you just sort of stuck on the side if you're family by marriage, by half siblings, or distant cousins twice removed? Hey, family can get complicated. Well, at church if Jesus is your Lord, then you're not stuck on the side. You're part of the family of God. And in life, if you're family stuck on the side, you're still family as long as I treat you that way.
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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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“Are you part of the main family or just sort of stuck on the side?”
Ron: Are you part of the main family or just sort of stuck on the side?
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: A kid innocently asked his friend’s stepmom that question. Maybe you can relate. Are you just sort of stuck on the side if you’re family by marriage, by half siblings, or distant cousins twice removed? What if, like in the Ray Stevens song, your father married your stepdaughter and had a son—since you’re married to the baby’s grandmother, are you your own grandpa? Hey, family can get complicated.
Well, at church if Jesus is your Lord, then you’re not stuck on the side. You’re part of the family of God. And in life, if you’re family and stuck on the side, you’re still family as long as I treat you that way. For FamilyLife Blended, I’m Ron Deal.
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