Well I wonder if you've ever considered what season you're experiencing in your

marriage is the relationship with your spouse warm and sizzling or are you

feeling a little bit chilly right now?

Today on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly,

we'll explore how you can navigate those different seasons

and discover a stronger marriage as a result.

Thanks for joining us.

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

John, I remember how it felt when Jean and I fell in love.

You know, at first I was like, I'm going to try to do this life single.

And then I met Jane and

went wow I think she's the one I want to marry it was that quick so I my

speedometer went from zero to 120 pretty fast and just those feelings and you know wow I can't get enough of

talking with her late into the night I remember she worked at a vet clinic I

would bring her dinner from and I was living 90 miles away. That was quite a

That's a commitment run. But whatever it took that's what I was expressing to her and I think she obviously got the message that I was really

interested and thankfully she said yes.

But you know, like the weather.

Marriages do go through seasons and we've had our seasons and some are filled with excitement and warmth,

kind of like summer and spring,

while others can be chilly in mundane seasons, like winter and fall.

But how we manage those seasons determines whether or not we grow and become better as a couple which is the

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