We've pretty much laid it right out at the very beginning because the beginning of the

relationship was his trust and honesty.

If we can't have that, we had a handshake at our second time out, said if we can't have

that, nice knowing you see ya.

Gil Stewart and his wife Brenda were on our broadcast last time, sharing about the special

challenges that step family space.

We'll continue the discussion on today's episode of Focus on the Family with your host

Focus President and author Jim Daily, and I'm John Fuller.

John, last time we talked to our guests and they pointed out something that is so true,

how quick we are to judge other people.

And that's particularly within the church, if they are divorced and remarried.

You talk to any of those couples, they feel it, and we often don't know the story.

We don't know if there was infidelity involved or if there's spouse passed away and they remarried,

but they're trying to recover from whatever it was and find the Lord in that place.

We'll continue the discussion today with our guests, Gil and Brenda Stewart, who have

been married for 20 years.

It's a second marriage for both of them.

This time we'll hear from them about loving the children in a blended family.

Remarriage can be hard on the kids, and I was a child in a blended family, so I know.

And Gil and Brenda have some great insights into creating connections and working through

those difficult transitions.

Well together, Gil and Brenda have seven children.

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