Whenever I bring up anything serious my spouse just wants to argue.

Every time we talk it just seems like we don't know each other anymore.

It's been months since we've had any kind of meaningful conversation.

Well, maybe you can relate to those comments, the pain and the distance.

The truth is every married couple faces trouble from time to time.

And if you're finding yourself in a dry or a cold season of marriage, there is hope for the future.

And today on focus on the family, we're going to be offering that hope with our guest,

Deborah Faleta, for those who are struggling.

She's going to be addressing the ups and downs of marriage.

I think it will be really informative for you. Your host is focused president and

author Jim Daly and I'm John Fuller.

John we had a great conversation with Deborah the last time about the spring and

summer seasons of marriage which are kind of the

happier sides of it right spring everything's getting going and we're

coupling and you know it's it's a fun time in the marital relationship and of

course summer everything's intense and hot as Deborah described emotions are

high and things feel good and today we're gonna get to some of the more difficult

aspects of fall and winter and what that means in the seasons of marriage.

And I'm looking forward to it because I think this area particular, this is where we learn and we grow.

This is where your tenacity and your stick-toitiveness is really important.

You know, we can't live on emotions.

We have to live on commitment, our commitment to Christ first and foremost, and then our commitment

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