{"id":306449,"date":"2020-10-02T07:00:05","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T11:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/beyond-broken\/"},"modified":"2020-10-02T07:00:05","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T11:00:05","slug":"beyond-broken","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/beyond-broken\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Broken"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s challenging enough to start a blended family. But when the cause of the blended family are shame and guilt, it adds an additional layer of emotional baggage. Sandi Patty and her husband, Don Peslis, tell their story to Ron Deal about how God has redeemed even their mistakes for His glory.<\/p>\n<p>Show Notes and Resources<\/p>\n<p> \tSandi Patty and Don Peslis share how brokenness was a starting point for their relationship and how God has redeemed their story beyond broken on the FamilyLife Blended\u00ae Podcast https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-blended-podcast\/27-beyond-broken\/<br \/>\n \tLearn more about the Summit on Stepfamily Ministry event.\u00a0 https:\/\/www.summitonstepfamilies.com\/<br \/>\n \tFind resources from this podcast at https:\/\/shop.familylife.com\/Products.aspx?categoryid=95.<br \/>\n \tCheck out all that&#8217;s available on the FamilyLife Podcast Network.\u00a0 https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/familylife-podcast-network\/<br \/>\n \tHave the FamilyLife Today\u00ae podcast and resources helped you?\u00a0 Consider becoming a Legacy Partner, a monthly supporter of FamilyLife.\u00a0https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/legacy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today on the broadcast, Sandi Patty and her husband Don Peslis tell their story to Ron Deal, and how God has redeemed even their mistakes for His glory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":294104,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"https:\/\/mp3.familylife.com\/fl2020-10-02.mp3","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:26:50","filesize":"24.56M","filesize_raw":"25755705","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":""},"categories":[2903,2894,10445],"tags":[2585],"podcast_series":[],"cwp_profile":[9788,3300],"series":[2101],"class_list":["post-306449","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-infidelity","category-stepfamily-living","category-stepmarriage-advice","tag-blended-family","cwp_profile-don-and-sandi-peslis","cwp_profile-ron-deal","series-familylife-today"],"acf":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2024\/09\/FLT-Podcast-Cover-2-508x508-3.jpg?w=508","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2023\/02\/image-scaled.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-download\/306449\/beyond-broken","player_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-player\/306449\/beyond-broken","audio_player":null,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"light","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/familylife-today\/id212174303?mt=2&app=podcast","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0j5UaKdQOHQCuo1bt0ebEm","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"youtube":{"key":"youtube","url":"","label":"YouTube","class":"youtube","icon":"youtube.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/feed\/podcast\/familylife-today","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"pfsnOoiArD\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/beyond-broken\/\">Beyond Broken<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/beyond-broken\/embed\/#?secret=pfsnOoiArD\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;Beyond Broken&#8221; &#8212; FamilyLife\u00ae - A Cru Ministry\" data-secret=\"pfsnOoiArD\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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For our situation, it was also born out of brokenness. We have reasons, but there's no blame that lays with anyone but the two of us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Friday, October 2<sup>nd<\/sup>. Our hosts are Dave and Ann Wilson; I'm Bob Lepine. You can find us online at FamilyLifeToday.com. We'll hear today from Sandi Patty and her husband, Don Peslis, about what it's like to start a marriage and a family when both of you are in the middle of a season of great brokenness. Stay with us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us. Those of our listeners, who are \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tof a certain age\u2014[Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>That's a good way to put it. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014will recognize the name, \u201cSandi Patty.\u201d I mean, I remember the first time I heard Sandi Patty on the radio. I thought, \u201cWhat a voice!\u201d\u2014just <em>amazing<\/em>. I saw her in concerts throughout the \u201880s. By that time, she was already a Grammy and Dove award-winning artist. And then, all of a sudden, at the beginning of the \u201890s, things got derailed for her; because there was a divorce; there was infidelity; and her image, her career, her public persona\u2014everything\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>\u2014tarnished. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014it did get tarnished.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And a lot of people\u2014that may be the last they've heard of Sandi Patty, when that happened. We're going to hear an update. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014sort of \u201cThe rest of the story.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes; \u201cThe rest of the story\u201d; yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>Exactly.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>People of a certain age will recognize that reference as well. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>They'll remember that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Our own Ron Deal, who gives leadership toFamilyLife Blended<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, had the opportunity to visit, not long ago, with Sandi and her husband, Don Peslis, who have formed a blended family out of the ashes of what happened in Sandi's life and career. They talked about this on Ron's podcast, which is called <em>FamilyLife Blended<\/em><em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/em><em>.<\/em> \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you're in a blended family, or know someone who is, and you're not yet listening to the FamilyLife Blended podcast, go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com; Ron's got a number of episodes\u2014these are so helpful\/so good. Ron spent time with Don and Sandi, \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\twalking through what happens whena blended family is formed in the middle of shame,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tand guilt, and condemnation that is all very public. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>I think you'll appreciate their openness and honesty. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[<em>FamilyLife Blended <\/em>Podcast]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron: <\/strong>Don, Sandi, you know, this isn\u2019t true for everyone in a blended family by any means; but sometimes folks in a blended family, their family came about because of less-than-ideal circumstances\u2014sometimes it was an unhealthy or unwise choice; sometimes it was a sinful choice\u2014but we believe and we know that there is hope in Christ; there is forgiveness in Christ. Like all sin, there is redemption beyond our worst moments. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, having said that, you guys got started off on the wrong foot; is that fair to say?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sandi:<\/strong> Yes; I mean, definitely. We\u2019ve often said blended families are all born out of loss\u2014whether it\u2019s the death of a spouse and remarriage or death of the marriage and a remarriage\u2014but it\u2019s always born out of loss. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFor <em>our<\/em> situation, it was also born out of brokenness. We have reasons, but there\u2019s no blame that lays with anyone but the two of us. As we were traveling on the road together and just developed a friendship, that friendship became much more than it should be outside of marriage. There was so much that I loved, watching Don with kids; and he just loved on my kids as we traveled. There was just so much respect. I didn\u2019t understand boundaries like I do now, and we just found ourselves in a situation that we just never thought we would find ourselves in. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs our marriages\/other marriages were ending, we overlapped the process. I don\u2019t smirk at that lightly; I\u2019m just\u2014it\u2019s\/these are hard words to say\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sandi:<\/strong> \u2014for both of us. But I think that Don and I want to share pieces of our story that can encourage, not excuse other people or give them an easy out, but to encourage them that, in their brokenness, they\u2019re not alone. There are people who have walked ahead of them and can offer some words of advice.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sandi:<\/strong> A friend of mine once said, \u201cIf you\u2019re going to make a mistake, at least make a new one. Learn from ours\u201d; you know? [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron: <\/strong>Yes; learn from other people. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tEven now, Sandi, you were telling me\u201425 years you guys have been married\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sandi:<\/strong> Twenty-five; yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron:<\/strong> \u2014yes; it\u2019s still difficult talking about that season of your life. Don, is it still hard for you?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don:<\/strong> It is hard, because it\u2019s always hard\u2014when the kids were little, we talked about: \u201cWhen you mess up, fess up,\u201d\u2014that\u2019s a great thing. It's so hard because the enemy wants us, when we mess up, to keep us <em>away<\/em> from redemption. Really, the Lord is saying He's the author of making things\u2014and taking broken relationships and broken things and making something beautiful come out of that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAbsolutely, Ron, we could\u2019ve\u2014hindsight, I don\u2019t know, I wish I had said it\u2014but hindsight\u2019s always 20\/20. It\u2019s really great when things can have a proper ending and new things can have a proper beginning, but sometimes it doesn\u2019t work out that way. Absolutely, as we look back\u2014and if couples find themselves in this, as we did\u2014you know the last thing we want you to do is stay away from the church or the Lord; because He wants us to bring ourselves and our process, and He can help sift through, with love, all of that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYes, it is difficult; but yet, Ron, it's not because to say God wasn't there in the midst of that\u2014He was there and redeeming, even through the roughest of times. Does that make sense?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron:<\/strong> It makes a lot of sense and, really, that is so important for people to remember. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the things I really appreciate about you guys, and your willingness to talk about this, is because I often find\u2014well, everybody who\u2019s honest looks in the rearview mirror and says, \u201cMan, I have blown it so many times.\u201d In owning that, we also submit ourselves to the redemptive work of Jesus.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don:<\/strong> Absolutely.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron:<\/strong> Yet, we can hold shame over ourselves. I think that\u2019s really unfortunate. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI <em>love<\/em> that we\u2019re talking about you guys, 25 years later: faithful, loving, committed to one another, moving forward\/both deeply involved in ministry and the circles God has put you. Your children are involved in ministry. All kinds of things are happening with them now as adults. You can hold your head up. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sandi:<\/strong> Yes; I\u2019m going to say, \u201cYes\u2014?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron:<\/strong> Okay.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sandi:<\/strong> Because it\u2019s so easy to pull that shame back out from the foot of the cross. How do we pull the story that can encourage without pulling the shame that keeps us down? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere are just things that I wish I\/we both wish\u2014and not just in this situation but other\u2014I wish I could\u2019ve said something differently, just this week, to one of my kids. I just\/I said something that was not meant <em>at all<\/em> to be insensitive; yet the minute I said it, it was like, \u201cI wish I could take that back\u201d; I can\u2019t take that back. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAll I can do\u2014and I think this was what Don and I have really tried to do\u2014is when God really finally got our attention and said we need to take care of some stuff first if we\u2019re even going to move on. That was to walk through, along with our church body in Indiana, a biblical steps of restoration. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe <em>recognition<\/em>: first, you have to own it\/just go, \u201cYes, I recognize\u2026\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen you have to <em>repent<\/em>; that doesn't mean just saying, \u201cI\u2019m sorry.\u201d It means changing; turn around. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen there\u2019s <em>restitution<\/em>. I think, a lot of times, we <em>forget<\/em> about restitution\u2014going to people\u2014saying the words that you\u2019ve <em>got<\/em> to say. We had quite a list of people, separately and individually together, we went to. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen <em>reconnecting<\/em>: reconnecting with a group of people, who are going to hold you accountable\/who are going to walk with you. Walking with someone doesn't always mean you agree with everything they\u2019ve done. It means you\u2019re going to stand with them; you\u2019re going to encourage them to just do the next right thing. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen the fifth one is <em>restoration closure<\/em>. That\u2019s the <em>hard<\/em> one for me; because there does come a time, when you\u2019ve done all that, to leave it at the foot of the cross. I think that\u2019s what I was talking about; it\u2019s: \u201cWhen do we pick the story up without picking the shame up?\u201d Sometimes that\u2019s a very deliberate picture image in my mind. Especially when I\u2019m tired or I\u2019ve been on the road, those get really sticky together. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tEven coming\u2014to be real honest\u2014even coming into this interview and chat with you today, I\u2019ve found that just in a few moments I\u2019ve had to just stop and say, \u201cJust pick up the story; don\u2019t pick up the shame. If I don\u2019t believe that God has forgiven me in this, I don\u2019t believe He forgives.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Studio]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We're going to step in here. We've been listening to an excerpt from Ron Deal's <em>FamilyLife Blended<\/em> podcast\u2014a conversation he had with Sandi Patty and her husband, Don Peslis, talking about their blended family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOf course, many of our listeners know Sandi from her recording career and her concerts. She was very transparent here about the reality of a marriage that began in less-than-desirable circumstances and a marriage where it's born out of a cauldron of shame. You just think about the impact\u2014if you're walking in, trying to form a new marriage, and there's this mantle of shame that you're carrying with you every day\u2014hard to start a relationship like that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>Not only that, but even to walk through that with your kids\u2014knowing the shame\/the embarrassment\u2014that's a heavy thing to carry. But I love her line: \u201cJust pick up the story; don't pick up the shame.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave<\/strong>: You know, she's so honest there at the end. I think sometimes the hardest person to forgive is yourself. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I mean, as hard as it is to forgive someone that deeply hurt you\u2014to look in the mirror and carry that shame and realize that God died for that\/He <em>removes<\/em> it\u2014you have to appropriate that to live it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We're going to listen to a second excerpt from Ron Deal's conversation with Don and Sandi Peslis. Again, this is part of the <em>FamilyLife Blended <\/em>podcast series. You can go to FamilyLifeToday.com to listen to this entire episode, or listen to other episodes from Ron's podcast. In this second segment, Don and Sandi talk about processing shame and how to think about it correctly\/think about it biblically. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[<em>FamilyLife Blended <\/em>Podcast]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don:<\/strong> I was in full-time ministry at the time and really took a time\u2014from \u201892 to 2012\u2014until my current senior pastor, Marty Grubbs, and I sat down. I was on the 35th floor of the Petroleum Club\u2014had come to Oklahoma City for an entirely different vocation\u2014but God was a part of all of that process\/that redemptive 20 years really. I likened it to putting on a letter jacket with a big \u201cA\u201d on it. The enemy\/the enemy stood there every day, saying, \u201cHere\u2019s your letter jacket.\u201d As you\u2019re getting ready to go to work, \u201cNow let\u2019s put our jacket on\/our jacket of shame.\u201d Because he can keep us down.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don:<\/strong> If we don\u2019t tell our story\/if we don\u2019t share with others, that\u2019s the only place God\u2019s redemptive, miraculous grace can be seen. If the enemy\u2014do the math; if the enemy keeps us from sharing, and keeps us from talking, and keeps us with the jacket of shame on\u2014nobody hears, currently, about all of us that are broken\/what God has done for <em>all<\/em> of us to redeem us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt took Marty Grubbs to say to me in 2012, \u201cHey, Don, why don\u2019t you stop putting on that jacket?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe grade sin\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don:<\/strong> \u2014we\u2019ll say: \u201cWell, that\u2019s an A+ sin, \u201cOh, well, that\u2019s a B-,\u201d \u201cWe\u2019re going to give him a C+ on that.\u201d Any missing of the mark is a missing of the mark. If the enemy can keep us\u2014I\u2019m not minimizing here\u2014but I\u2019m saying the light is better; the light is good. \u201cLet\u2019s walk in the light as He is in the light.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron:<\/strong> That\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don:<\/strong> \u201cThen the blood of Christ can cleanse us\u201d; you see.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron:<\/strong> At the end of the day, what you're talking about is what everybody listening has to do, day in and day out, about <em>whatever<\/em> our sin narrative is.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don:<\/strong> Oh, every one of us, Ron.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sandi: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron:<\/strong> But I am just sitting here, so grateful that you\u2019re doing what you\u2019re doing, even as we're talking. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI just have to say\u2014the secular world of neuroscience, in the last ten years, has studied shame a lot. What all the experts have come down to is exactly what you guys have just said and demonstrated for us right now. They talk about: \u201cYou tell your story\u201d; right? You guys said you have to recognize, and you have to take responsibility for it. You have to verbally tell the narrative; that\u2019s called <em>confession<\/em>; okay? You have to recognize what's there and the pain that it brings you. You can\u2019t run away from it; you got to own it; you got to deal with it; you got to repent; you got to change your heart; you got to make restitution; you got to reconnect to a community. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tCommunity is so important to helping alleviate shame when others are coming along and affirming us\u2014like your pastor saying, \u201cTake off your coat; it\u2019s time. You can do this. It\u2019s alright; we\u2019re with you. You\u2019re worthwhile; you\u2019re valuable,\u201d\u2014all of that stuff is so important. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen one of the biggest pieces they talk about is just practicing putting down the shame.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sandi: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron: <\/strong>I just watched Sandi do that; she just said, \u201cI have to remind myself, even now\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don:<\/strong> That\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron:<\/strong> \u201c\u2014that I can leave it there, and it\u2019s not mine to pick up.\u201d Everything God has told us is exactly what we need to do to wrestle with what we feel is leftover from the past.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sandi:<\/strong> Indeed; and when Paul says, \u201cPutting the past behind and looking towards what is ahead,\u201d I really think that he\u2019s not meaning: \u201cJust forget it,\u201d \u201cMinimize it,\u201d \u201cBury it\u201d; because we bury it alive if we do that. [Laughter] But to put it in its proper place: understand it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe can give you a lot of reasons\/I can give you a lot of reasons that I was not able to make healthy, good choices. They\u2019re still not excuses\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don:<\/strong> No, no.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sandi:<\/strong> \u2014we have to understand, though, why; so we <em>don\u2019t<\/em> do them again\u2014putting our past behind so we <em>can<\/em> move ahead.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron:<\/strong> I had a thought, a minute ago, as you were talking. I think regret is different than feeling like God can\u2019t love you, but sometimes those get confusing to us. Like we can have regrets over something we did\/something we said in the past. It\u2019s different when we say that mistake makes it impossible for God to love us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sandi:<\/strong> Yes; my dear friend, Sheila Walsh\u2014she said something really powerful, and it\u2019s about guilt and shame\u2014says, \u201c<em>Guilt<\/em> tells us we\u2019ve done something wrong. <em>Shame<\/em> says we <em>are<\/em> the something wrong.\u201d I think that\u2019s kind of what you\u2019re saying, Ron\u2014is there is normal conviction of the Holy Spirit of that uneasiness when we know we\u2019ve hurt someone\u2014that we\u2019ve got to have a conversation\u2014and then there\u2019s that: \u201cI am just <em>unworthy<\/em> to even be in the conversation about what it means to be loved.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron:<\/strong> Right; that\u2019s what we put on ourselves; that\u2019s the enemy talking to us\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sandi:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron:<\/strong> \u2014where we\u2019re now doubting God\u2019s ability to love in spite of us. We\u2019re now doubting God\u2019s ability to forgive, based on our past. We\u2019re listening more to what others are saying and what the enemy is saying to us than we\u2019re listening to what God has promised to do. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s so easy to do that! I think every one of us can relate to that, especially people who are trying to walk in the light, like you really are wanting to do what\u2019s right. The minute you cross that line into, \u201cI\u2019m now unworthy; I\u2019m unforgivable,\u201d we\u2019ve lost sight, really, of Christ\u2019s sacrifice.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sandi:<\/strong> Yes; somebody asks\u2014I get asked a lot in interviews: \u201cWhat would make my life richer?\u201d\u2014it\u2019s always the same answer: \u201cThat I really, really believe, when God\u2019s Word says, \u2018I love you with an everlasting love,\u2019 that He just means that, period.\u201d If I really woke up every day, how would I live my day out differently if I <em>really<\/em> believed He was <em>not<\/em> going to stop loving me? I think I\u2019m <em>closer<\/em> to that than I used to be, but I\u2019m still <em>not<\/em> there.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Studio]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, again, we've been listening to an excerpt from Ron Deal's <em>FamilyLife Blended<\/em> podcast\u2014a conversation he had with Sandi Patty and her husband, Don Peslis, about their marriage, about the brokenness that was there at the beginning, and about God's healing work in their marriage. That message of hope is a message that a lot of marriages need today.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>As I listened to Sandi, I was struck by how we are <em>so<\/em> conditional in our love for one another, that it really is hard to understand and grasp God's unconditional love for us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>I thought the same thing; I thought, \u201cHis grace is truly amazing.\u201d I have to agree with her; I don't know if I understand it fully, either. I've been walking 40-some years and it's like: \u201cAm I <em>really, really<\/em> that loved in the middle of my brokenness?\u201d And the answer is: \u201c<em>Yes<\/em>.\u201d If [you] lived that, you\u2019d be so free\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>\u2014you know?\u2014and you'd run to the Savior, because you know He's smiling. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And I think of the Apostle Paul's prayer, in Ephesians, Chapter 3, [verses 17-19], where it says: \u201c\u2026that we, being rooted and grounded in love, would have the strength to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth. And to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge. That you can be filled with all the fullness of God.\u201d That would be our prayer for every listener today. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn fact, I hope our listeners will go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com, to hear Ron Deal's entire conversation with Sandi Patty and Don Peslis and hear them talk about how they have come to a place, where they can now celebrate what God has done in their marriage by His grace, in spite of how it all began. And hear more about the blending of their two families with a house that eventually had eight kids, including three seven-year-olds at the same time. [Laughter] Go to FamilyLifeToday.com for information about Ron Deal's <em>FamilyLife Blended <\/em>podcast and a link to this particular episode.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere's also information on our website about an event that is going on right now; in fact, it's been going on yesterday and today\u2014the <em>Summit on Stepfamily Ministry,<\/em> which we've been doing online this year\u2014people have been watching from all over the world, listening to speakers like Ron and Nan Deal, Ed Stetzer, Laura Petherbridge, Rob Bugh, Ted Lowe\u2014others, who are joining us this year\u2014to help equip people to more effectively know how to minister to people in blended families. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou can connect with this event today and have access to what has already happened. 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[Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014will recognize the name, \u201cSandi Patty.\u201d I mean, I remember the first time I heard Sandi Patty on the radio. I thought, \u201cWhat a voice!\u201d\u2014just <em>amazing<\/em>. I saw her in concerts throughout the \u201880s. By that time, she was already a Grammy and Dove award-winning artist. 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Like all sin, there is redemption beyond our worst moments. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, having said that, you guys got started off on the wrong foot; is that fair to say?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sandi:<\/strong> Yes; I mean, definitely. We\u2019ve often said blended families are all born out of loss\u2014whether it\u2019s the death of a spouse and remarriage or death of the marriage and a remarriage\u2014but it\u2019s always born out of loss. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFor <em>our<\/em> situation, it was also born out of brokenness. We have reasons, but there\u2019s no blame that lays with anyone but the two of us. As we were traveling on the road together and just developed a friendship, that friendship became much more than it should be outside of marriage. There was so much that I loved, watching Don with kids; and he just loved on my kids as we traveled. There was just so much respect. I didn\u2019t understand boundaries like I do now, and we just found ourselves in a situation that we just never thought we would find ourselves in. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs our marriages\/other marriages were ending, we overlapped the process. I don\u2019t smirk at that lightly; I\u2019m just\u2014it\u2019s\/these are hard words to say\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sandi:<\/strong> \u2014for both of us. But I think that Don and I want to share pieces of our story that can encourage, not excuse other people or give them an easy out, but to encourage them that, in their brokenness, they\u2019re not alone. There are people who have walked ahead of them and can offer some words of advice.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sandi:<\/strong> A friend of mine once said, \u201cIf you\u2019re going to make a mistake, at least make a new one. Learn from ours\u201d; you know? [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron: <\/strong>Yes; learn from other people. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tEven now, Sandi, you were telling me\u201425 years you guys have been married\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sandi:<\/strong> Twenty-five; yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron:<\/strong> \u2014yes; it\u2019s still difficult talking about that season of your life. Don, is it still hard for you?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don:<\/strong> It is hard, because it\u2019s always hard\u2014when the kids were little, we talked about: \u201cWhen you mess up, fess up,\u201d\u2014that\u2019s a great thing. It's so hard because the enemy wants us, when we mess up, to keep us <em>away<\/em> from redemption. Really, the Lord is saying He's the author of making things\u2014and taking broken relationships and broken things and making something beautiful come out of that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAbsolutely, Ron, we could\u2019ve\u2014hindsight, I don\u2019t know, I wish I had said it\u2014but hindsight\u2019s always 20\/20. It\u2019s really great when things can have a proper ending and new things can have a proper beginning, but sometimes it doesn\u2019t work out that way. Absolutely, as we look back\u2014and if couples find themselves in this, as we did\u2014you know the last thing we want you to do is stay away from the church or the Lord; because He wants us to bring ourselves and our process, and He can help sift through, with love, all of that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYes, it is difficult; but yet, Ron, it's not because to say God wasn't there in the midst of that\u2014He was there and redeeming, even through the roughest of times. Does that make sense?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron:<\/strong> It makes a lot of sense and, really, that is so important for people to remember. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the things I really appreciate about you guys, and your willingness to talk about this, is because I often find\u2014well, everybody who\u2019s honest looks in the rearview mirror and says, \u201cMan, I have blown it so many times.\u201d In owning that, we also submit ourselves to the redemptive work of Jesus.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don:<\/strong> Absolutely.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron:<\/strong> Yet, we can hold shame over ourselves. I think that\u2019s really unfortunate. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI <em>love<\/em> that we\u2019re talking about you guys, 25 years later: faithful, loving, committed to one another, moving forward\/both deeply involved in ministry and the circles God has put you. Your children are involved in ministry. All kinds of things are happening with them now as adults. You can hold your head up. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sandi:<\/strong> Yes; I\u2019m going to say, \u201cYes\u2014?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron:<\/strong> Okay.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sandi:<\/strong> Because it\u2019s so easy to pull that shame back out from the foot of the cross. How do we pull the story that can encourage without pulling the shame that keeps us down? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere are just things that I wish I\/we both wish\u2014and not just in this situation but other\u2014I wish I could\u2019ve said something differently, just this week, to one of my kids. I just\/I said something that was not meant <em>at all<\/em> to be insensitive; yet the minute I said it, it was like, \u201cI wish I could take that back\u201d; I can\u2019t take that back. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAll I can do\u2014and I think this was what Don and I have really tried to do\u2014is when God really finally got our attention and said we need to take care of some stuff first if we\u2019re even going to move on. That was to walk through, along with our church body in Indiana, a biblical steps of restoration. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe <em>recognition<\/em>: first, you have to own it\/just go, \u201cYes, I recognize\u2026\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen you have to <em>repent<\/em>; that doesn't mean just saying, \u201cI\u2019m sorry.\u201d It means changing; turn around. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen there\u2019s <em>restitution<\/em>. I think, a lot of times, we <em>forget<\/em> about restitution\u2014going to people\u2014saying the words that you\u2019ve <em>got<\/em> to say. We had quite a list of people, separately and individually together, we went to. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen <em>reconnecting<\/em>: reconnecting with a group of people, who are going to hold you accountable\/who are going to walk with you. Walking with someone doesn't always mean you agree with everything they\u2019ve done. It means you\u2019re going to stand with them; you\u2019re going to encourage them to just do the next right thing. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen the fifth one is <em>restoration closure<\/em>. That\u2019s the <em>hard<\/em> one for me; because there does come a time, when you\u2019ve done all that, to leave it at the foot of the cross. I think that\u2019s what I was talking about; it\u2019s: \u201cWhen do we pick the story up without picking the shame up?\u201d Sometimes that\u2019s a very deliberate picture image in my mind. Especially when I\u2019m tired or I\u2019ve been on the road, those get really sticky together. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tEven coming\u2014to be real honest\u2014even coming into this interview and chat with you today, I\u2019ve found that just in a few moments I\u2019ve had to just stop and say, \u201cJust pick up the story; don\u2019t pick up the shame. If I don\u2019t believe that God has forgiven me in this, I don\u2019t believe He forgives.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Studio]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We're going to step in here. We've been listening to an excerpt from Ron Deal's <em>FamilyLife Blended<\/em> podcast\u2014a conversation he had with Sandi Patty and her husband, Don Peslis, talking about their blended family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOf course, many of our listeners know Sandi from her recording career and her concerts. She was very transparent here about the reality of a marriage that began in less-than-desirable circumstances and a marriage where it's born out of a cauldron of shame. You just think about the impact\u2014if you're walking in, trying to form a new marriage, and there's this mantle of shame that you're carrying with you every day\u2014hard to start a relationship like that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>Not only that, but even to walk through that with your kids\u2014knowing the shame\/the embarrassment\u2014that's a heavy thing to carry. But I love her line: \u201cJust pick up the story; don't pick up the shame.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave<\/strong>: You know, she's so honest there at the end. I think sometimes the hardest person to forgive is yourself. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I mean, as hard as it is to forgive someone that deeply hurt you\u2014to look in the mirror and carry that shame and realize that God died for that\/He <em>removes<\/em> it\u2014you have to appropriate that to live it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We're going to listen to a second excerpt from Ron Deal's conversation with Don and Sandi Peslis. Again, this is part of the <em>FamilyLife Blended <\/em>podcast series. You can go to FamilyLifeToday.com to listen to this entire episode, or listen to other episodes from Ron's podcast. In this second segment, Don and Sandi talk about processing shame and how to think about it correctly\/think about it biblically. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[<em>FamilyLife Blended <\/em>Podcast]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don:<\/strong> I was in full-time ministry at the time and really took a time\u2014from \u201892 to 2012\u2014until my current senior pastor, Marty Grubbs, and I sat down. I was on the 35th floor of the Petroleum Club\u2014had come to Oklahoma City for an entirely different vocation\u2014but God was a part of all of that process\/that redemptive 20 years really. I likened it to putting on a letter jacket with a big \u201cA\u201d on it. The enemy\/the enemy stood there every day, saying, \u201cHere\u2019s your letter jacket.\u201d As you\u2019re getting ready to go to work, \u201cNow let\u2019s put our jacket on\/our jacket of shame.\u201d Because he can keep us down.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don:<\/strong> If we don\u2019t tell our story\/if we don\u2019t share with others, that\u2019s the only place God\u2019s redemptive, miraculous grace can be seen. If the enemy\u2014do the math; if the enemy keeps us from sharing, and keeps us from talking, and keeps us with the jacket of shame on\u2014nobody hears, currently, about all of us that are broken\/what God has done for <em>all<\/em> of us to redeem us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt took Marty Grubbs to say to me in 2012, \u201cHey, Don, why don\u2019t you stop putting on that jacket?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe grade sin\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don:<\/strong> \u2014we\u2019ll say: \u201cWell, that\u2019s an A+ sin, \u201cOh, well, that\u2019s a B-,\u201d \u201cWe\u2019re going to give him a C+ on that.\u201d Any missing of the mark is a missing of the mark. If the enemy can keep us\u2014I\u2019m not minimizing here\u2014but I\u2019m saying the light is better; the light is good. \u201cLet\u2019s walk in the light as He is in the light.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron:<\/strong> That\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don:<\/strong> \u201cThen the blood of Christ can cleanse us\u201d; you see.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron:<\/strong> At the end of the day, what you're talking about is what everybody listening has to do, day in and day out, about <em>whatever<\/em> our sin narrative is.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don:<\/strong> Oh, every one of us, Ron.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sandi: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron:<\/strong> But I am just sitting here, so grateful that you\u2019re doing what you\u2019re doing, even as we're talking. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI just have to say\u2014the secular world of neuroscience, in the last ten years, has studied shame a lot. What all the experts have come down to is exactly what you guys have just said and demonstrated for us right now. They talk about: \u201cYou tell your story\u201d; right? You guys said you have to recognize, and you have to take responsibility for it. You have to verbally tell the narrative; that\u2019s called <em>confession<\/em>; okay? You have to recognize what's there and the pain that it brings you. You can\u2019t run away from it; you got to own it; you got to deal with it; you got to repent; you got to change your heart; you got to make restitution; you got to reconnect to a community. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tCommunity is so important to helping alleviate shame when others are coming along and affirming us\u2014like your pastor saying, \u201cTake off your coat; it\u2019s time. You can do this. It\u2019s alright; we\u2019re with you. You\u2019re worthwhile; you\u2019re valuable,\u201d\u2014all of that stuff is so important. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen one of the biggest pieces they talk about is just practicing putting down the shame.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sandi: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron: <\/strong>I just watched Sandi do that; she just said, \u201cI have to remind myself, even now\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don:<\/strong> That\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron:<\/strong> \u201c\u2014that I can leave it there, and it\u2019s not mine to pick up.\u201d Everything God has told us is exactly what we need to do to wrestle with what we feel is leftover from the past.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sandi:<\/strong> Indeed; and when Paul says, \u201cPutting the past behind and looking towards what is ahead,\u201d I really think that he\u2019s not meaning: \u201cJust forget it,\u201d \u201cMinimize it,\u201d \u201cBury it\u201d; because we bury it alive if we do that. [Laughter] But to put it in its proper place: understand it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe can give you a lot of reasons\/I can give you a lot of reasons that I was not able to make healthy, good choices. They\u2019re still not excuses\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don:<\/strong> No, no.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sandi:<\/strong> \u2014we have to understand, though, why; so we <em>don\u2019t<\/em> do them again\u2014putting our past behind so we <em>can<\/em> move ahead.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron:<\/strong> I had a thought, a minute ago, as you were talking. I think regret is different than feeling like God can\u2019t love you, but sometimes those get confusing to us. Like we can have regrets over something we did\/something we said in the past. It\u2019s different when we say that mistake makes it impossible for God to love us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sandi:<\/strong> Yes; my dear friend, Sheila Walsh\u2014she said something really powerful, and it\u2019s about guilt and shame\u2014says, \u201c<em>Guilt<\/em> tells us we\u2019ve done something wrong. <em>Shame<\/em> says we <em>are<\/em> the something wrong.\u201d I think that\u2019s kind of what you\u2019re saying, Ron\u2014is there is normal conviction of the Holy Spirit of that uneasiness when we know we\u2019ve hurt someone\u2014that we\u2019ve got to have a conversation\u2014and then there\u2019s that: \u201cI am just <em>unworthy<\/em> to even be in the conversation about what it means to be loved.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron:<\/strong> Right; that\u2019s what we put on ourselves; that\u2019s the enemy talking to us\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sandi:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ron:<\/strong> \u2014where we\u2019re now doubting God\u2019s ability to love in spite of us. We\u2019re now doubting God\u2019s ability to forgive, based on our past. We\u2019re listening more to what others are saying and what the enemy is saying to us than we\u2019re listening to what God has promised to do. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s so easy to do that! I think every one of us can relate to that, especially people who are trying to walk in the light, like you really are wanting to do what\u2019s right. The minute you cross that line into, \u201cI\u2019m now unworthy; I\u2019m unforgivable,\u201d we\u2019ve lost sight, really, of Christ\u2019s sacrifice.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Sandi:<\/strong> Yes; somebody asks\u2014I get asked a lot in interviews: \u201cWhat would make my life richer?\u201d\u2014it\u2019s always the same answer: \u201cThat I really, really believe, when God\u2019s Word says, \u2018I love you with an everlasting love,\u2019 that He just means that, period.\u201d If I really woke up every day, how would I live my day out differently if I <em>really<\/em> believed He was <em>not<\/em> going to stop loving me? I think I\u2019m <em>closer<\/em> to that than I used to be, but I\u2019m still <em>not<\/em> there.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Studio]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, again, we've been listening to an excerpt from Ron Deal's <em>FamilyLife Blended<\/em> podcast\u2014a conversation he had with Sandi Patty and her husband, Don Peslis, about their marriage, about the brokenness that was there at the beginning, and about God's healing work in their marriage. That message of hope is a message that a lot of marriages need today.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>As I listened to Sandi, I was struck by how we are <em>so<\/em> conditional in our love for one another, that it really is hard to understand and grasp God's unconditional love for us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>I thought the same thing; I thought, \u201cHis grace is truly amazing.\u201d I have to agree with her; I don't know if I understand it fully, either. I've been walking 40-some years and it's like: \u201cAm I <em>really, really<\/em> that loved in the middle of my brokenness?\u201d And the answer is: \u201c<em>Yes<\/em>.\u201d If [you] lived that, you\u2019d be so free\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>\u2014you know?\u2014and you'd run to the Savior, because you know He's smiling. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And I think of the Apostle Paul's prayer, in Ephesians, Chapter 3, [verses 17-19], where it says: \u201c\u2026that we, being rooted and grounded in love, would have the strength to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth. And to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge. That you can be filled with all the fullness of God.\u201d That would be our prayer for every listener today. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn fact, I hope our listeners will go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com, to hear Ron Deal's entire conversation with Sandi Patty and Don Peslis and hear them talk about how they have come to a place, where they can now celebrate what God has done in their marriage by His grace, in spite of how it all began. And hear more about the blending of their two families with a house that eventually had eight kids, including three seven-year-olds at the same time. [Laughter] Go to FamilyLifeToday.com for information about Ron Deal's <em>FamilyLife Blended <\/em>podcast and a link to this particular episode.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere's also information on our website about an event that is going on right now; in fact, it's been going on yesterday and today\u2014the <em>Summit on Stepfamily Ministry,<\/em> which we've been doing online this year\u2014people have been watching from all over the world, listening to speakers like Ron and Nan Deal, Ed Stetzer, Laura Petherbridge, Rob Bugh, Ted Lowe\u2014others, who are joining us this year\u2014to help equip people to more effectively know how to minister to people in blended families. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou can connect with this event today and have access to what has already happened. 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