Why Divorce Isn't the Answer
Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast
Focus on the Family
4.5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2022
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
When you first got married, you hoped it would last for a lifetime. Sadly, many couples who say their vows are choosing to get a divorce. John, Erin and Greg offer encouragement to couples who are questioning if they will make it. Featuring Jeff and Cheryl Scruggs.
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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 | Back on your wedding day, you said your vows and you hope that that person is |
| 0:40.1 | going to be there for you for a lifetime. But the sad truth is many who say I |
| 0:45.6 | love you, I do, I'm with you, end up getting a divorce. And today we're going |
| 0:49.8 | to be talking about this. But we're going to offer some hope to those who are |
| 0:54.0 | struggling. I'm John Fuller in the studio with Greg and Aaron Smolley. They |
| 0:58.0 | lead our marriage team. And Greg, I love how you have statistics and insights |
| 1:02.7 | and perspective. Talk about the impact of divorce on the individuals on the |
| 1:07.2 | couple and beyond. |
| 1:08.4 | Yeah, I mean, the research is so clear. I always think if you imagine marriage |
| 1:13.6 | is kind of looking like a big ball of yarn or maybe a big ball of fishing |
| 1:17.8 | line depending on your your interests. Either way, it's that interconnected |
| 1:22.8 | intertwined life that we've created for however many years and we've been |
| 1:27.1 | together. So to unravel that is not this gentle process of simply |
| 1:32.7 | separating. That's a tearing a cutting that creates so much pain. It's |
| 1:40.6 | almost it's almost an indescribable pain. The depression, the anxiety that |
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