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Focus on Marriage Podcast

Stress Might Not Be What You Think

Focus on Marriage Podcast

Focus on the Family

Society & Culture, Relationships

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever been so stressed out, that you said something to your spouse you regretted? Greg tells Erin and John about a time he got overly stressed, and what he learned from it. Plus, Jim Daly and Pastor Ted Cunningham address how stress is actually rooted in our disappointed expectations.

 

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0:00.0

Long ago, Missy thought abortion was the right choice, but she was misinformed about what was really going on.

0:08.4

There wasn't much truth there, and there was no physical evidence that they could show me any different than the lies that I had been told, such as, you know, it's a lot of the tissue and if you do it quickly, it's not a baby,

0:23.0

all those lives. And these ultrasounds, these ultrasounds show them it is life. So that's why

0:29.7

I support Operation ultrasound. God healed Missy's heart. And today, she's a pro-life advocate.

0:36.8

And focus on the family is equipping her to help

0:40.0

others. I want other women who are sitting like me, sitting in church, or dealing with that

0:46.1

shame and secrecy, to know that there's hope and healing. I'm Jim Daly. Let's save babies

0:51.4

and give families hope. Donate and your gift will be doubled at focus

0:55.8

on the family.com slash gift.

1:01.1

So many times when we lash out in anger at our spouse, it really is an indicator of something else that's

1:11.7

going kind of beneath the surface. I'm John Fuller with Greg and Aaron Smalley, and they

1:16.1

lead the marriage team here. And Greg, I so appreciate how honest you are. Have you ever had

1:22.8

an opportunity where the reaction was way over what was called for because there was something going on.

1:30.9

Well, just the other day.

1:33.5

Who knew?

1:34.9

Aaron had asked me to go on to a particular airline that she was flying on and make sure that some, I think, the schedule had changed, just make sure everything was

1:45.6

all right. And so I'm doing that. Aaron's downstairs working out. And so as I get on,

1:52.0

which, you know, can take forever. This is a phone? Yeah. To get, you know, in the queue and

1:57.9

actually be on the call with the customer service person. And then all of a

2:02.2

sudden I started panicking going, oh, wait, I don't, I don't even have the right information.

2:08.3

And so I quickly tell our daughter, Annie, to run down. You got to get mom. She's got to get up here.

2:15.1

I don't have the right information. And so Aaron is in the

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