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HAPPY HEALTHY MARRIAGES PART THREE: For Blended Families
In every society there have been families made up of members from outside the immediate circle. In almost every circumstance those members accepted by the family as one of their own have invigorated the family in precisely those ways most needed. The world we live in is so familiar and yet is so very different than what you may have grown up believing was your destiny. But because of God’s plan for every member of his world, there are parents and children still waiting to be born unto one another. Believe in your marriage as sacred and your step-children as your own. Behave with each member in your new home as you would wish to be accepted into a new home. Here on Earth, Jesus, has a plan for you which includes great health and wealth for those who open their arms to all God’s children. Free yourself from the belief that if you are from a divorce your new family unit must carry any aspect of shame, guilt or sadness. For many, many people, this world of God’s blessings includes the branching out or redesigning of the original family plan. Live each day within your new family knowing in your heart that if you believe in God - and all his designs of wisdom - that you have been asked to be in the life of others who need you. Portray to all who know you that ALL your children ARE your children, be they through birth, adoption or remarriage. Invite all who see you to feel your family as a single unit, not a positioning of two families under one roof. Be happy to tell your siblings about their new nieces and nephews. Accept their gifts for your children but encourage them to honor your new children in every measure as the same.
Accept your spouse’s children as your own and you incarnate the love of Jesus! Accept each child in your home as an equal blessing and you incarnate the love of The Virgin Mary!
Love and Light,
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