Focus on the Family Strengthening Marriage Podcast Finding Your Way Back to Each Other
Dec 11, 2025
Greg Smalley, a marriage expert from Focus on the Family, shares insights on embracing the unique differences of your spouse. He emphasizes that appreciating these differences can deepen your love. Jim Daly hosts discussions with Tara Lalonde and Dr. Bob Paul about loving your partner for who they are, and they highlight how one spouse's willingness to change can transform a marriage. Practical tools and gratitude practices are also explored to enhance relationship dynamics and romance.
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See Differences As God's Design
- Embracing your spouse's differences starts with believing God designed them that way on purpose.
- Ask how your spouse's differences add value to you, your marriage, and your family to shift perspective.
Ask How Differences Add Value
- Tonight, ask your spouse how their differences add value to you, your marriage, and your family.
- Share those answers aloud to help you both begin to truly appreciate one another's strengths.
Loving A Spouse Who Won't Change
- Tara Lalonde shares she learned to love her husband as he is while he chose not to do the marital tools work.
- She relies on God to provide the emotional intimacy she hopes to see from him until, if ever, he changes.
