The Elephants in the Room: Kevin and Marcia Myers

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🗓️ 10 January 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Ever wonder if your habits could be putting a damper on your marriage? Authors Kevin and Marcia Myers believe confronting those big issues can bring a fresh spark to your relationship. Whether it's financial concerns, deciding on having more kids, or other biggies, tackling these 'elephants' can breathe new life into your connection. Here's how.

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0:00.0	One of the things I really, really underestimated when we got married was the baggage that you brought in.
0:07.0	I was going to say you had a lot of baggage.
0:10.0	You didn't hear me. I said you brought in.
0:13.0	I know, you had a lot of baggage.
0:14.6	I did too.
0:16.6	Welcome to Family Life Today where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter most.
0:28.0	I'm Shelby Abbott and your hosts are Dave and Ann Wilson.
0:31.0	You can find us at FamilyLife Today.com.
0:34.0	This is Family Life Today.
0:37.0	Think about it if you would put our you know our
0:46.7	childhoods and our families of origin on paper a counselor would look at us and say you're going to have real struggles.
0:56.0	And then you put on top of that that you're 19 and 22 like what are you thinking?
1:01.0	Yeah, we think we don't need help.
1:03.0	It's like we were carrying, you know, a whole airplane cargo thing down the aisle and then into
1:09.7	marriage.
1:10.7	And again, I don't think it showed up for us for a few months, if not even a year.
1:15.8	And I really thought I love Jesus so much.
1:18.8	All of my baggage has disappeared.
1:21.4	And he's so gracious in that instead of letting it disappear he
1:26.3	brings it back and says oh I'd love to shape you and I'm gonna allow some of that
1:32.1	baggage to shape you or you can ignore it and it will just wreak havoc on our lives.
1:37.3	Yeah, God actually, we found out, actually used all that for good.
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