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Focus on Marriage Podcast

When Falling in Love is Messy

Focus on Marriage Podcast

Focus on the Family

Society & Culture, Relationships

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

So many of us dreamed of a fairy tale marriage. However, sometimes the process of falling in love with someone can be messy. Sean and Lanette Reed talk with Jim Daly about some of the mistakes they made before getting married. Also, John and Greg bring up why it's good to recall the story of why you and your mate wanted to get married.

 

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0:00.0

Troy is a pro-life advocate because he saw firsthand the trauma and guilt his wife experience

0:07.2

for many years due to a past abortion. And that's why they became monthly supporters of the

0:13.5

ministry. We're always encouraged by what focus on the family has been doing and the impact

0:20.2

that that has on life in general,

0:23.1

I feel that it's more than a worthy cause and that if you can spend a little bit of money

0:30.0

and have such a great impact on life, it's really just a no-brainer.

0:36.0

I'm Jim Daly. By working together, we can be a lifeline for pre-born babies and their moms,

0:42.4

and we can help bring godly truth and healing to families like Troy's.

0:47.3

Become a friend to Focus on the Family by calling 800, the letter A, and the word family.

0:53.0

Or you can donate at FocusOn the family.com slash families.

1:01.5

Not that this has occurred to me, but I've observed it in other couples where they kind of get on each other's nerves.

1:12.1

And, okay, after 40 years, we do that sometimes. And it's really good for us just to push back and to

1:17.7

say, you know, back in the day when we first met, there was this going on, and I loved that about

1:24.8

you. It's just really good to remember how you fell in love. I'm John Fuller,

1:29.6

joined by Dr. Greg Smalley, who heads up our marriage team here at Focus, and we're going to listen

1:34.4

now to a conversation that Focus President Jim Daly had on his show. He joined Sean and Lynette Reed

1:41.1

at a live event, and they told the story of how they met.

1:45.0

So you meet your 15, 16?

1:47.2

We're 15, 16 years old.

1:49.2

So like he hinted to in St. Louis back in the day, the thing to do if you were young

1:55.8

and if you were a believer, was to sing in a gospel choir.

1:59.2

So I was in a choir as well. But not looking for boys.

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