Recapturing Romance in Busy Times
Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast
Focus on the Family
4.5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2021
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
You come home from a busy day, and instead of looking forward to a romantic candlelit dinner with your spouse, you're having to watch the kids for the evening. While every season brings blessings, is romance even possible on those days? John and the Smalleys discuss what a husband can do to keep romance alive in the busy times.
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| 0:00.0 | After a series of bad choices, Shelly was a single mom without a clue of what to do next. |
| 0:07.0 | Then she got married and discovered a powerful resource for her family. |
| 0:11.0 | Focus helped with parenting, helped with marriage, you know, struggles that, resources |
| 0:19.5 | that they suggested. |
| 0:22.3 | They helped me tremendously in getting over guilt and shame, walking me through that |
| 0:27.3 | so that I knew how to be a believer and how to be a good mom. |
| 0:31.0 | So I can't imagine my early walk or my walk at all with that focus on the family. |
| 0:37.0 | I'm Jim Daly. Thanks to the generosity of friends like you, we're able to give new hope to families like Shelly's, and we invite you to join our family strengthening team. |
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| 0:58.7 | Thank you for downloading the Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast. You can find more |
| 1:06.3 | relationship insights at focus on the family dot com slash marriage podcast. |
| 1:12.0 | I remember those days when I'd come home and our kids were little and it would hit me, |
| 1:17.8 | man we are busy. |
| 1:19.0 | We have kids everywhere and so much going on. |
| 1:22.0 | And the truth is, I have to be intentional. kids everywhere and so much going on. |
| 1:22.6 | And the truth is, I have to be intentional as a dad, |
| 1:25.6 | but I also have to be really intentional |
| 1:28.0 | about my marriage and romance in my marriage. |
| 1:31.4 | I'm John Fuller, along with Dr. Greg Smalley and his wife |
| 1:34.5 | Erin. They run our marriage department here at Focus and Aaron you counsel a lot of |
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