How Waffles and Spaghetti Can Build a Stronger Marriage (Part 1 of 2)
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
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🗓️ 18 May 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Bill and Pam Farrel discuss differing approaches men and women take on marriage. They offer practical marital advice on how spouses can understand one another’s differences and even delight in them. The Farrels discuss communication challenges couples face — how women tend to address multiple topics and emotions all at once while men want to address one subject at a time. They describe how men and women can learn to relate to each other’s different styles and needs. (Part 1 of 2)
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, Jim Daly here. Today's cultured deeply needs help, but in times like these, the light of Christ can shine even brighter. |
| 0:07.0 | So be encouraged to share his light in this broken world. Listen to the refocus with Jim Daly podcast. |
| 0:14.0 | Without time limitations, I'll have deep heartfelt discussions with fascinating guests who will encourage you to share God's grace, truth and love. |
| 0:22.0 | Check out the podcast at refocuswithjimdaly.com or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:31.0 | I usually think of women as more nurturing and men as more gruff. |
| 0:37.0 | I feel like women can empathize more and oftentimes men just live very service level. |
| 0:44.0 | I would say that on average, men tend to be more like on a one track mind, whereas women are able to multitask a lot more. |
| 0:55.0 | I think men come hardwire to physically defend and protect those they love. |
| 1:00.0 | Well, I wonder if those comments resonate with you. Have you ever looked at your spouse and wonder, why are you so different? |
| 1:06.0 | Well, we're going to be addressing that. Those male, female personality differences today on focus on the family. |
| 1:13.0 | Your host is focus president and author Jim Daly and I'm John Fuller. |
| 1:17.0 | In today's secular culture, the line between gender has become so blurred that for some people, masculinity and femininity are indistinguishable. |
| 1:27.0 | I don't embrace that. I think it's quite distinguishable. |
| 1:30.0 | Today, we're going to spend time talking about how the genders are distinguishable. |
| 1:35.0 | As Christians, we know that male and female differences have been part of God's design from the beginning. |
| 1:40.0 | In Genesis 127, he tells us God created man in his own image. Male and female, he created them. |
| 1:46.0 | That's pretty much right there in front of us. Men and women are designed to fit together physically, emotionally, spiritually. |
| 1:53.0 | The different ways we think, feel and behave are meant to complement each other. Sometimes it can grind each other. |
| 2:01.0 | The idea is we complement each other. |
| 2:04.0 | Those differences tend, as you've said before, time and again here on this show. The difference is draw us together. |
| 2:10.0 | Then we find out that I'm an introvert married to an extrovert or I'm a night person married to a morning person and sparks start to fly. |
| 2:19.0 | Over time, we can get kind of crazy. |
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