Marriage is going to have its hardships.

Some are going to be self-inflicted, some are just for fallen people that live in a fallen

world.

And if we have this ability to endure together, to trust God in the midst of the difficult

seasons, he is going to bless us in ways that we can't even begin to imagine.

That's Kevin Thompson, and he's with us today on Focus on the Family.

Your host is Focus President and author Jim Daly, and I'm John Fuller.

All right, John, here's a question for you. Do you and Dina laugh a lot?

We try. Right there. Okay, so my goal is to help her laugh at least once a day because of some bad joke or a pun or a lot of times.

It's just a funny memory that I can pull up from our early years.

I like that goal.

I think humor is so important in marriage, really to get through some, even rough spots.

It's fun to sometimes let some of the pressure out and make light of a situation when the

timing's right.

There are inappropriate times to do that, too.

But you know what? Here, focus on the family. We want to give you a marriage tune-up. And, you know,

this is the moment where your marriage is in a pretty good place, but you can always do a little better.

That's the kind of nuts and bolts information we're going to give you today.

We help couples every day with challenges in their marriages.

And I thank you, the supporters out there listening, for stepping up and helping us to do that day in and day out with counseling,

intensive programs for marriage, all the toolkit that we have for everybody to tap into.

Today we want to help you learn how to make the overall tone of your marriage happier and more

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