Hi, I'm Erin Smolley.

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So if you want biblical guidance on your journey, check out our podcast, Crazy Little Thing

Called Marriage, which I host with my husband, Dr. Greg Smolley.

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In the book of Proverbs, chapter 12, we read,

there's one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Now sometimes it can take a while to recover from hurtful things your spouse has said to you,

but healing is what you ought to be seeking.

I'm John Fuller joined by my focus colleagues, Erin and Greg Smolley, and Erin, you counsel people.

I mean, that's something you do all the time, how much more does it hurt if our spouse says

something hurtful or negative compared to a friend or somebody I really don't know very well?

I mean, is there a kind of a comparison you can draw there?

Well, sitting here with Greg next to me, of course, it hurts so much more when it's our

spouse saying something negative because there's more at stake.

Relationship called marriage is there's depth to it and there's intensity to it.

It's vulnerable and risky because if Greg says something negative, it cuts to my core because I

care so much. Versus out in the world, friends, co-workers, they can say things in it hurts,

but there's not as much at stake there. Here, there's a lot at stake.

I think it's easy for us to be hurt by the slightest thing. Our spouse might say and let's

explore that a little bit more in a conversation that focused President Jim Daly and I had with

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