Unreasonable Hope (Proverbs 25)
What do you do with an unreasonable person? Proverbs 25 puts it this way. "Like a broken tooth or a lame foot is reliance on the unfaithful..." Could they change? Sure, but until then it's time to organize your life without them. This needs a lot of prayer. Say it's an ex who won't parent their own kids or someone who loves their addiction more than you. Not relying on them is painful and tragic but not as painful as continually chewing on a broken tooth. Trust God and trust the person to God.
Show Notes
About the Host
About the Guest
-
What do you do with an unreasonable person? Proverbs 25 puts it this way. "Like a broken tooth or a lame foot is reliance on the unfaithful..." Could they change? Sure, but until then it's time to organize your life without them. This needs a lot of prayer. Say it's an ex who won't parent their own kids or someone who loves their addiction more than you. Not relying on them is painful and tragic but not as painful as continually chewing on a broken tooth. Trust God and trust the person to God.
-
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.
-
Sometimes, hope is unreasonable.
Ron: Sometimes, hope is unreasonable.
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: What do you do with an unreasonable person in your life? Well, I say it’s unreasonable to expect an unreasonable person to become reasonable. Proverbs 25 puts it this way. “Like a broken tooth or a lame foot is reliance on the unfaithful…” well, could they change? Sure. But until then it’s time to organize your life without them.
Now this needs a lot of prayer. Say it’s an ex who won’t parent their own kids or someone who loves their addiction more than you. Not relying on them is painful and tragic. But not as painful as continually chewing on a broken tooth. Trust God. And trust the person to God. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
Announcer: Find more at familylifeblended.com.
FamilyLife Blended with Ron Deal is a production of FamilyLife.
We are so happy to provide these transcripts to you. However, there is a cost to produce them for our website. If you’ve benefited from the broadcast transcripts, would you consider donating today to help defray the costs?
Visit http://www.familylifeblended.com/donate.
Copyright © 2021 FamilyLife. All rights reserved.
