We can cultivate a new attitude from the manure that will produce spiritual beauty in our lives. Here are a few suggestions. If you are having trouble or do not know how to relate to your stepkids, buy some of the excellent books and tapes available today on parenting and communication with children. If your spouse is paying unfair or exorbitant child support, stop complaining. Get a cheaper car, reduce the kids sports activity to one a year, have clothing exchange parties, teach the kids to cook.
Money is never the real problem.
Change Your Mythical Thinking Most of our anger, hurt and disappointment is rooted in unrealistic expectations out of life. Make a list and take it to God. Ask for grace to rewrite your thinking. The Pruning Process Cutting away means getting rid of whatever is left from last year s bloom. While some new wives may feel perfectly comfortable with parts of the past in their present, others struggle.