3 Things Your Spouse Can’t Be For You- Thing 2 | Ep. 92
Awesome Marriage Podcast
Dr. Kim Kimberling
4.9 • 802 Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2017
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
A lot of times in marriage we place unrealistic expectations on our spouse. This week we are going to be talking about that issue. We will be discussing 3 things your spouse can’t be for you. Dr. Kim and Christina discuss the 1st thing today: a person you get to mold into what you want.
Tune in to learn more about why your spouse can’t be this for you.
Be sure to tune in tomorrow as well to learn the 3rd thing your spouse can’t be for you!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Awesome Marriage Podcast, a place for honest conversations about marriage and how to have the relationship that God has designed for you. |
| 0:09.7 | I am your co-host, Christina Dodson. On the show will be our host, Dr. Kim Kimberling and Nill Smith. |
| 0:15.6 | To engage with the Awesome Marriage podcast, use the hashtag Awesome Marriage. |
| 0:23.2 | So this week on the podcast, we've been doing a mini series on three things that your spouse cannot be for you. So in continuation with our mini |
| 0:28.2 | series, today we're going to be talking about the number two thing that your spouse cannot be for |
| 0:31.8 | you. And that is a person that you get to mold into what you want. So Dr. Cam, why can our spouse be this? |
| 0:39.4 | Why can't our spouse be a person that we get to just mold into whatever we want? |
| 0:44.4 | That's, yeah, and we think that we're right, usually. And we think that they really will be a better |
| 0:49.5 | person. And why aren't they listening to me? because things would be so much better. |
| 0:59.4 | The problem is each person individually has to be who God designed them to be. |
| 1:01.3 | And there's every person's unique. |
| 1:05.4 | So what God has for me to be is going to be different than it might be for another guy. |
| 1:07.1 | And what for Nancy than some other woman. |
| 1:12.7 | And that God will do everything he can to help you be who he created you to be. |
| 1:17.8 | And so when you're trying to fit this other mold, one, you're going to cause some resentment, |
| 1:22.7 | probably. You're going to have a lot of conflict and arguments. None of those things are going to work instead of just saying, I'm going to, I see my spouse really seeking God and they really want to be who God |
| 1:29.3 | wants them to be and knowing that God's not going to make them anything that's not perfect for you. |
| 1:35.1 | Yeah. That's good. Yeah. I think it's just like we really can't like effect. Like I think all of us |
| 1:40.5 | kind of think that secretly like that we can change our spouse. But I mean, if you're |
| 1:44.5 | successful at that, like, it's probably going to be because of like resentment and like they're |
| 1:48.5 | going to feel less than and all these things. But ultimately, too, it's just what you said, Dr. Payam, |
| 1:53.5 | it's not our job to transform them. Like, it's just not our job. And when I, when I think about |
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