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A blended family involves children from different relationships that are now joined together under one household. Blended families are tough when there isn’t good planning and communication. Most couples get together thinking that all children will get along and many times that’s not the case. Kids comes from different backgrounds and are used to different rules and disciplinary systems among several other things. The age of the children also plays a big part in how easy a family can blend together. If the children are younger, then they may not know anything else, but if there are older, especially teenagers, you are dealing with a totally different situation.

Step-parents can’t come in with the “everything changes” mindset. It will make kids resent you. Instead, if a family is preparing to blend, the family should have a family meeting and discuss exactly what is getting ready to take place. Don’t assume that things will just work out because they won’t. Failing to plan is planning to fail. Don’t give the devil any place in your home. The way you do that is through communication. Talk about the specifics - who will clean what, how will discipline be handled, what are the new house rules, etc.

If you communicate, pray, and plan, then a blended family can be very effective. If you don’t it will be a nightmare.

Armorbearers or Pallbearers?

1 Samuel 14:6-8 ⁶And Jonathan said to his young armor-bearer, Come, and let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the Lord will work for us. For there is nothing to prevent the Lord from saving by many or by few. ⁷And his armor-bearer said to him, Do all that is in your mind; I am with you in whatever you think [best]. ⁸Jonathan said, We will pass over to these men and we will let them see us.

You need people in your life that will support you in the things that God has ordained that you do. We must understand that people serve a purpose in our lives and when we find that purpose, we must thank God for it and no longer walk foolishly concerning it. How often do you pray for your friends and the people that are around you?

How often do you pray for a spirit of discernment to know whether they are helping you fight or planning your defeat? You need people that are going to tell you that God can do anything but fail. You need people that will encourage you no matter how big or small your problem is. But you also need people that will tell you the truth and not say things just to please you.

People that are always speaking doubt and always telling you what God can’t do aren’t the right people to listen to. A real friend will be there for you in the thick and the thin. Most importantly a real friend will tell you the truth and not care how it makes you feel. Sometimes you need to hear things from another perspective. You can only see from one angle, while others have a different advantage.