Topic > The Blessing of Blended Families - 700

INTRODUCTION “…he learned that he would have a child through the Holy Spirit of God. Joseph decided to silently annul the marriage…The angel said: “Joseph, the child that Mary will come from the Holy Spirit. Go ahead and marry her." Matthew 1:18-20 (CEV)There is no doubt that in today's society one of the problems we often face is the high rate of divorce, abandonment, single parents, etc. and it is truly a shame that in a civil society these situations are growing on a daily basis. Creating with these other types of situations known as mixed families, and sometimes this reality is very difficult to accept especially for those who have a conservative mentality because they think that when such situations occur they degrade the foundations of the family; they know it. However, something that can in no way be ignored is that “about 75% of the 1.2 million Americans who divorce each year eventually remarry.” So this is something that will somehow affect not only on a social level, but it will also affect individuals that the only thing they want is to start a peaceful life than before, creating families with different backgrounds that when they come together this will create a other family in a large society. But also in the Bible we can see in a certain way what happened in the case linked to Joseph, in having to raise a son who was not his, and not knowing that he would be the temporary-human stepfather chosen by the savior who would bring salvation and redemption for all humanity. According to Merriam Webster's dictionary, blended families are defined as: "a family that includes children from a previous marriage of the wife, the husband, or both parents." So here we observe that when two families come... middle of paper... we must love each other sincerely, because love erases many sins”. 1 Peter 1:8 (CEV) In this way we will demonstrate that with God all things are possible. If society rejects those who somehow try to rebuild their lives, it is the Church's responsibility to lend a hand that can help them with their new challenges, and never forgetting what Pastor Ryan Rush said: “all our homes they are destroyed, so we need God's grace." Many other things need to be learned among the new challenges that modern society brings, prayer to God It is necessary to open the eyes of those who are still blind to this reality a parent, a stepparent and a spouse. The result? A happier, well-adjusted, well-blended family.”