Are We Family or Are We Not?
God is relational and we, as his image-bearers, also, have a deep need for connection. So, when a child can't win a parents approval, a spouse feels unimportant to their partner, or when a stepcouple feels like their family isn't coming together; anxiety and fear set in. Essentially they are asking, Am I important to you or not? and that question adds to what gets in the way of finding connection. It's much better to act out of your love for them than worry about their love for you.
Show Notes
About the Host
About the Guest
-
God is relational and we, as his image-bearers, also, have a deep need for connection. So, when a child can't win a parents approval, a spouse feels unimportant to their partner, or when a stepcouple feels like their family isn't coming together; anxiety and fear set in. Essentially they are asking, Am I important to you or not? and that question adds to what gets in the way of finding connection. It's much better to act out of your love for them than worry about their love for you.
-
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.
-
So, are we family or are we not?
Ron: So, are we family or are we not?
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: God is relational and we, as his image-bearers, also, have a deep need for connection. Being loved, finding belonging, and giving love—with God and others—is among the deepest longings of our soul.
So, when a child can’t win a parent’s approval, a person feels unaccepted by their peers, a spouse feels unimportant to their partner, or when a step couple feels like their family just isn’t coming together; anxiety and fear set in. Essentially, they are asking, “Am I important to you or not?” and that question adds to what gets in the way of finding connection. It’s much better to act out of your love for them than worry about their love for you. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
Announcer: To find out more visit 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 © 2022 FamilyLife®. All rights reserved.
