Balancing Your Family and Work in Busy Seasons
Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast
Focus on the Family
4.5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 22 September 2020
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Every couple faces times of feeling disconnected. That can especially be true when you're trying to balance the demands of raising children and your career. John, Greg and Erin share things they learned and struggled with while facing the stresses of career and taking care of their kids. Featuring Dr. Josh and Christi Straub.
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| 0:00.0 | The Stara's first pregnancy was terminated when she was 15 years old. |
| 0:06.0 | She didn't understand what was happening. |
| 0:08.0 | After three more abortions, she finally learned the truth. |
| 0:12.0 | I heard it from focus on the family and they were talking about pro-life being a baby, a human being in your stomach. |
| 0:21.0 | And I was like, wow, that's pro life. |
| 0:24.7 | Today, Dostara has six children who represent God's love and forgiveness in her life. |
| 0:31.0 | And today, Dostara is a pro-life advocate. |
| 0:34.3 | So it's focus on the family has definitely sharpened me and I'm looking forward to |
| 0:38.8 | continuing to being sharpening. I'm not embarrassed anymore about the choices that I made. I'm wanting to help. |
| 0:47.0 | I'm Jim Daly. Working together we can rescue pre-born babies and their moms giving these families hope. Donate at |
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| 1:00.0 | Thank you for downloading the Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast. You can find more |
| 1:06.3 | relationship insights at focus on the family dot com slash marriage podcast. |
| 1:12.0 | You know I remember the days when I'd come home from work and my wife would be so exhausted from watching the boys. |
| 1:18.0 | They were, they just absorbed so much of her time. |
| 1:21.0 | And when you're in that season season it is important for you and your |
| 1:23.7 | spouse to show each other a lot of grace. I'm John Fuller along with Greg and Aaron Smalley |
| 1:28.8 | they're in charge of our marriage team here at Focus on the family and we're going to hear now from Josh and |
| 1:33.6 | Christie Straub. They've been through that same season trying to raise |
| 1:37.4 | young children and they talked about it with Focus President Jim |
| 1:40.3 | Daily. Josh and Christie welcome back to Focus on the Family. Thanks for happening. and |
| 1:45.0 | Josh and Christie welcome back to focus on the family. |
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