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Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast

When the Perfect Storm Comes

Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast

Focus on the Family

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.51.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Most couples go through a season where you're overwhelmed by many challenges all at once. How do you persevere? Greg explains about a time where he and Erin felt like they went through the perfect storm. You'll also hear Jim Daly chat with Dr. Josh and Christi Straub about how they worked together through a number of unforeseen circumstances.

 

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0:00.0

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0:03.3

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0:12.4

We'll go to this thing, but this is it.

0:14.7

If this doesn't work, we're done.

0:16.3

What we have now, it's way more than we ever had before and that I ever even dreamed of in the marriage.

0:23.6

Discover more at hoperestored.com. That's hope restored.com. Well, it may be that you're in a tough season right now, or you have a friend who is struggling

0:39.8

in their marriage. Hang on, we have some encouragement for you. I'm John Fuller, along with Greg

0:44.8

and Aaron Smalley, and most couples go through some sort of time where it's just not working. I mean,

0:51.8

we're trying, or maybe we're not trying. This marriage is a task.

0:57.5

So, Greg, what are some of those things that couples go through when it's just crumbling down?

1:03.9

Or seems to be. Yeah, it's a great question, especially we could even call it like the perfect storm.

1:09.9

I think the perfect storm within a marriage happens

1:12.7

when there's within a marriage there's you me and us and i think when all three of those

1:20.5

relationships me you and us are are just under attack something's going on that's hitting on all three of those.

1:29.5

Otherwise, like if something's just going on for Aaron,

1:32.8

I mean, that's something probably we can manage,

1:35.0

or if something's just happening relationally

1:37.0

or if something's just happening to me,

1:39.0

it's when the three of those are going through something

1:42.8

all at the same time.

1:43.9

I remember one time, Aaron, your

1:46.1

mother was in hospice. She's dying of lung cancer. Aaron goes to Phoenix to be with her.

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