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Focus on Marriage Podcast

Grace Over Your Mistakes

Focus on Marriage Podcast

Focus on the Family

Society & Culture, Relationships

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

When you're a newlywed, it's common to make mistakes, as you're learning how to be married. Brad and Marilyn Rhoads share with Jim Daly about bad decisions they made as a young couple, and what they learned from that time. Then, Greg Smalley talks with John and Erin about why we need God's grace when we mess up.

 

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0:00.0

Long ago, Missy thought abortion was the right choice, but she was misinformed about what was really going on.

0:08.4

There wasn't much truth there, and there was no physical evidence that they could show me any different than the lies that I had been told, such as, you know, it's a lot of the tissue and if you do it quickly, it's not a baby,

0:23.0

all those lives. And these ultrasounds, these ultrasounds show them it is life. So that's why

0:29.7

I support Operation ultrasound. God healed Missy's heart. And today, she's a pro-life advocate.

0:36.8

And focus on the family is equipping her to help

0:40.0

others. I want other women who are sitting like me, sitting in church, or dealing with that

0:46.1

shame and secrecy, to know that there's hope and healing. I'm Jim Daly. Let's save babies

0:51.4

and give families hope. Donate and your gift will be doubled at focus on the family.com slash gift.

1:02.9

When you're a young couple, one of the keys to growth is to learn from your mistakes.

1:10.7

I'm John Fuller, along with Aaron and

1:12.6

Greg Smalley, who lead the Focus Marriage Department. And I don't know why. Our producer always has

1:18.4

me asking you the question, how did you mess up? So we'll just go with that for today, right?

1:23.2

We'll say, Aaron, what was a mistake that maybe you and Greg had to push through and learn from early

1:28.1

on in your marriage?

1:29.2

Remember, Aaron, he said Aaron.

1:30.9

So you can't tell a mistake that I did.

1:33.2

Well, we collectively made plenty of mistakes.

1:37.7

But I always say mistakes are opportunities to fail forward and to learn and grow.

1:43.3

And I will say that's what we've done 32 years later.

1:47.1

But I would say some of the things, walking into marriage, not dealing with personal

1:52.8

baggage.

1:54.0

And I mean, for you, it was...

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