WHEN MY WIFE JOANNE AND I GOT MARRIED 13 years ago, I said "I do" to the whole package.
The whole package meant helping to raise her two small boys, Jordan and Jarrod, which was no small task, but one I was ready to dive into. What turned out to be a bigger challenge was dealing with the boys' dad. He wasn't at all pleased with my entrance into Jordan and Jarrod's lives, and he chose to show his displeasure by threatening me. In fact, it got to the point where I actually feared leaving our house.
At the time, I'd been in the full-time practice of Christian Science for eight years, so I was used to taking all sorts of challenges to God. And I knew I would have to change my concept of this man if this situation was going to improve. I wanted to see him as a spiritual and loved expression of God, rather than as a mean-spirited mortal who had the ability to disturb or hurt me.
