What It Means To Be Trustworthy In a Marriage | Ep. 258

Awesome Marriage Podcast

Dr. Kim Kimberling

Relationships, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Do you have total trust in your marriage?

Trust is a key component in an awesome marriage. It's hard to gain and so easy to lose. If you want your marriage to thrive you need to say "no" to emotional infidelity and you need to be willing to do the hard work to promote trust in your marriage. Today on the podcast Dr. Kim & Christina talk specifically about what it means to be trustworthy in marriage.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the awesome marriage podcast, a place for honest conversations about marriage and practical advice on how to have a God-honoring awesome marriage.
0:09.6	I am your podcast producer and co-host Christina Dodson.
0:12.8	On the show will be your host, Dr. Kim Kimberling.
0:15.5	Dr. Kim is a marriage counselor and has been married for over 40 years.
0:19.7	His passion is to help you strengthen your most
0:22.3	intimate relationship. This month of awesome marriage, we were talking about emotional
0:27.8	infidelity and trust issues. Trust is a key component in an awesome marriage. It's hard to gain
0:33.8	and so, so easy to lose. If you want your marriage to thrive, you need to say no to an
0:39.0	emotional affair and you need to be willing to do the hard work to promote trust in your marriage.
0:44.0	Today, we're going to be talking specifically about what it means to be trustworthy in marriage.
0:48.1	If you have ever questioned what it looks like to be have trust in marriage or if it was even
0:53.0	possible, then this podcast is for you. So, Dr. Kim, what does it mean to be have trust in marriage or if it was even possible than this podcast is for you.
0:55.2	So Dr. Kim, what does it mean to be trustworthy in marriage?
0:59.9	You know, I think for, I'm just thinking about this morning just for me, you know, what do I
1:03.7	do to make myself trustworthy for Nancy? And I think what I've learned over the time, because I
1:08.0	haven't always done a great job of it, is to be open, to be honest with her, to be transparent with her, to not give her really any reason to doubt me. Now,
1:16.1	does that mean I'm perfect? No, but I think it also means that when I do mess up, then I'm quick to
1:21.0	admit it. I'm quick to say, sorry. And so I think that in itself builds trust that, okay, he's not perfect. He's not going to do
1:29.3	everything right. But when he does, he's willing to take responsibility and admit it. So I think all
1:34.0	those things go into it. I think for, or Nancy would say if you ask her that she trusts me. And I think
1:39.0	she does. I mean, has she ever all the way through our marriage? Probably not. There are times than
1:43.0	different things. Probably've screwed up on.
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