How to Support Your Spouse Through A Custody BattleSample

Introduction

My wife, Rachel, and I had very different parenting styles when we first married and created a blended family of five kids (and added two later). This caused a lot of frustration at the beginning of our marriage. Eventually, however, we took action by taking courses, reading books, and engaging in long, frustrating conversations, and over time we began to develop our own blended family story.

A major area of contention was discipline. Rachel seemed to have mastered the importance of discipleship in discipline—the idea of disciplining not to punish but to help a child change his or her behavior—but this was a real struggle for me (and still is at times). But we made a lot of progress in this area, and as we began to parent as one, we saw a major shift in our marriage and family dynamic.

Until the custody battle began!

In this devotional, I share my journey of supporting my spouse through a custody battle. My desire is that you will walk away from reading this knowing how you can support your spouse during his or her custody battle—and why your support is so essential.