Hi, I'm Susie Larson. Thanks for listening to this podcast from Susie Larson Live. You don't have to know how to ever since and since we've got you left.

Welcome to Susie Larson Live.

Always honored to get to spend this time with you.

In fact, I look forward to bringing you conversations every single day that hopefully

inspire you in your faith walk, the deep in your understanding of God's Word, and that

heightens your awareness of his very real presence in your life.

Well, let me just say, it is so good to be back with you live again.

Most of you know I've been off for a week.

I had another major oral surgery last week.

Not going to lie, it was rough.

Yeah, they did a sinus patch and a sinus lift and a bone graft up and through at the top of my mouth.

And I still got stitches and I'm still in pain.

But my heart is strong and I'm so grateful, so grateful for your prayers and your support and

this amazing team at Faith Radio. They prayed me through and so all that to say,

so good to be live with you again today. I've missed you so much. Well, my guest today says

that if you're married, it's within your power to prepare for stormy

seasons. And anyone who's been married any length of time, you already know that with marriage

comes storms. Even if you're single, there's storms of life, but there's something particular

about the storms in marriage. Maybe you didn't realize, though, what a significant role you play

in building a fortress in your marriage.

Gary Thomas joins me today to talk about his new book, Making Your Marriage a Fortress,

strengthening your marriage to withstand life's storms. We've got a handful of copies to give away

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