God wants us to have a healthy, flourishing, enjoyable marriage.

And so the timing of that is if we're getting so emotionally or physically involved with someone,

but we're not actually working on the stuff beforehand that we need to to be a healthy person,

both of us, then the time's wrong, because then we're

going to have a broken relationship together because we're both so broken. We're not actually

working together in a healthy way. Well, howdy y'all? Pastor Mark here, welcoming you back to the

Real Marriage Podcast. If you don't know, we got a brand new book, my wife, Grace, and I. It's called Real Romance, and it's on sex in the Song of Songs.

And, hey, if you're not having sex, we want to help. If you're having sex, we want you to have more and better sex.

And if you're doing really great, congratulations. You're officially a unicorn. The book is now available and you can find all the

details at real romancebook.com. And on today's episode, we'll be delving into the song of songs,

the real romance marriage book and try to help you spice up your love life, my friend.

Well, then he talks about lastly, the provision.

And what he says is, here's our house, and it's made of these elements, and it's provision.

And there's something in a man that when he provides for his wife and his kids, there's something in a man that just sort of speaks to his dignity.

And we talk a lot about grace and,

you know, God is a God of grace. Men providing for their families is one way that men demonstrate

grace. And so what he's trying to do for her is say, I'm doing the best I can to provide for you

and for a family. And you've always done that, and I appreciate that.

I've never had to worry about that.

We haven't been loaded or anything, but it doesn't, that's not the point.

You've provided our needs.

The earlier is we were very, very broke.

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