The breakdown in any relationship is when we enter into anger and contempt toward someone.

And you do that when you see someone as other, not when you see someone as same.

So the more that we allow ourselves to focus on men and women being different, we should

not be surprised when we see unhealth in those relationships, we have to remember that

we share more in common than we are divided by.

Welcome to Family Life Today, where we want to help you pursue the relationships that

matter most.

I'm Shelby Abbott and your hosts are Dave and Ann Wilson.

You can find us at FamilyLifeToday.com or on the Family Life app.

This is Family Life Today.

One of the struggles that I know Ann and I brought into our marriage early was this

leadership authority of me and this submission following of Ann because she's a strong woman.

And you know, as we were trying to understand our roles as a young couple 41 years ago and

now 41 years in, it still isn't an easy tightrope that you walk in terms of what's

it mean for a man to be the husband and maybe the spiritual leader is what's that look

like?

What's it mean for a wife?

Well, the first time I went to Weekend to remember marriage get away.

I was a new Christian, a new believer.

I had never grown up in the church and I had an opinion and a view of what women were

probably like.

And it was unfounded.

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