Where You Feel Lonely
Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast
Focus on the Family
4.5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 19 April 2022
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Every couple, no matter how good their marriage is, has an area in the relationship where they feel lonely. To offer a word of encouragement, John, Greg and Erin discuss how seasons of loneliness will change, and why you can grow through them.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Jim Daley here. If you like the focus on the family broadcast and haven't |
| 0:04.7 | grown tired of this voice just yet, you'll love my ReFocus podcast. On ReFocus I |
| 0:10.2 | take a deeper dive with a respected thinker on different aspects of culture. I |
| 0:14.4 | ask those hard questions that maybe they don't get that often and I don't |
| 0:18.8 | shy away from challenging topics to help you share God's grace, truth, and love |
| 0:23.6 | with others. So listen to ReFocus with Jim Daley on your favorite streaming app |
| 0:28.3 | today. |
| 0:36.0 | If you're honest, no matter how healthy your marriage is, there's probably |
| 0:39.8 | something in the relationship that you want to be different. This was my wife |
| 0:44.2 | named me several years ago. I said, I'm just not happy with where we're at. |
| 0:49.1 | And she's like, I'm fine. What's your issue? I mean, seriously, I'm fine. |
| 0:53.4 | What's your issue? It's wrong with you. I just said, well, I hear |
| 0:56.8 | what the problem is. And we've we've actually gone to counseling and explored |
| 1:00.8 | that. And we are in a better place because we reached out. I'm John Fuller |
| 1:06.6 | along with Greg and Erin Smolley who co-host this podcast and did not |
| 1:10.0 | counsel us. But I'm sure if you had, it would have been a great discussion. |
| 1:14.5 | While back Jim Daley and I had a conversation with the Smollies about how |
| 1:18.0 | they learned to adjust their routines during the beginning of the COVID |
| 1:21.9 | pandemic. And while we all hope we don't have another pandemic, I think what |
| 1:26.0 | they shared is really good. Here's part of that discussion. |
| 1:29.1 | If the relationship is just a bunch of what I do for you, you know, we do |
| 1:34.4 | the, I do the dishes. You do this. I do that. That is a roommate relationship. |
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