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I just want to encourage people that it's, you know, if you're in a situation where you're being controlled or you've let somebody control you and you feel like you need to confront them, you need to make sure that you pray and make sure you have the time right and not just do it on your own timetable.

Now how do you know it was the right time to say something?

I'm Joyce Meyer. I've seen God's power transform my own life and he will do it for you.

Hey friends, welcome to enjoying everyday life. All this week we've been talking about relationships and we have a special program for you here today.

Joyce and a very special guest, Dave Meyer, talked all about marriage on the Talk It Out podcast with Aaron Cluley, Jay and me.

And our conversation was so powerful. It's really helpful. Joyce wants to share it with you here today.

Joyce and Dave are so encouraging and they share about being married more than 50 years. So they've got some experience and those keys that they've learned to help make their marriage work.

We hope the insight and the encouragement they share is a blessing to you today.

We're talking about marriage. So, marriage.

I don't know why.

But there are so many aspects of different places. We talk about how we're in different stages of life.

And everyone listening is in a different place in their own relationships. So we're going to dig right into your relationship as well as ours and everybody else's.

So why don't we start by you guys telling us how long you've been married and just give us a little background.

Well, we've been married 54 long.

Long, long wonderful years.

And I would say most of them have been pretty great. The early years were a little tough because I had been sexually abused by my dad and had all kinds of problems.

But no, I did. I thought everybody else had the problems. And if they would just do what I wanted them to, we'd all be fine.

So it was pretty rough on Dave those first few years, but he's so easy going that he managed it better than most people would.

So what was it like for you in those early years?

Well, I have a survival mentality.

The early years were tough. Not only had you been abused by your father, but you'd been abandoned by your mother and rejected by your first husband.

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