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When Duty Keeps Winning: Being Married in the Military Without Losing Yourself--Beth Runkle

FamilyLife Today®

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4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Dave and Ann Wilson talk with Beth Runkle about being married in the military—navigating distance, respect, and staying connected when duty comes first.

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This episode is supported in part by the Christian Standard Bible, a translation designed to be faithful to the original text and clear for everyday readers.

0:10.1

And we're just grateful for their partnership in helping bring gospel-centered content to families like yours.

0:17.2

And to learn more about the CSB, visit CSBBBB.com.

0:26.6

I literally got out my Bible.

0:29.0

I'm a new believer and I'm like, okay, where has God shown himself to be faithful?

0:33.5

And I see, oh, he had them cross the Red Sea.

0:36.3

Okay, that was impossible.

0:38.1

Okay, so God is faithful.

0:39.4

I can trust him, you know.

0:40.5

And then I began to recount the times he had been faithful in my life.

0:44.2

So I'm pushing out that fear with the truth that God is faithful, that he can be relied on.

0:51.2

That these times that he's been faithful tells me he will be faithful in this

0:55.0

situation now.

1:03.1

Welcome to Family Life Today, where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter

1:07.8

most.

1:08.5

I'm Dave Wilson.

1:09.4

And I'm Ann Wilson.

1:10.7

You can find us at familyliftay.com. I'm Dave Wilson. And I'm Ann Wilson. You can find us at

1:11.6

FamilyLife Today.com. This is Family Life today.

1:19.5

We have Beth Runkle back with us today and her book is called Another Move God. She's a military wife and it's a

1:30.1

devotional but I'm telling you this book is going to apply to every single person and it's going to

1:35.9

fire you up. Yeah. There's a lot we can learn from the military and we so appreciate all they do. But

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