Okay, listen up. I really want you to hear this. Grace connects, but possessiveness divides.
The essential story of a stepfamily is someone leaving and someone joining the family. When this happens even under the best of circumstances, parents and kids feel insecure and that temps us to become possessive of people or circumstances which creates division and conflict. What brings peace is a spirit of grace—especially toward people you don’t know well. Stepchildren to stepparents; stepsibling to stepsibling; former wife to new wife. Grace you have been given. Grace freely give.