{"id":303367,"date":"2015-01-29T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/early-years-of-marriage\/"},"modified":"2015-01-29T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-29T17:00:00","slug":"early-years-of-marriage","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/early-years-of-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Years of Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scripture tells us that &#8220;by wisdom a house is built.&#8221; Dennis and Barbara Rainey talk about their early years of marriage and their transition to their new home in Colorado to take on new assignments with Campus Crusade. 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Sometimes, that means we have to leave people who have been our best friends for years. Here\u2019s Barbara Rainey. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>It\u2019s very complicated, and it\u2019s hard to do. It\u2019s really hard for girls, in particular, because we don\u2019t ever like to hurt anybody\u2019s feelings. So, it can be a hard thing to do. I\u2019ve talked to a number of young women, who have struggled with that in that early season of marriage, because they have so many friends and they don\u2019t want to hurt their girlfriends\u2019 feelings. They want to be loyal to their husband, but they don\u2019t want\u2014and it\u2019s a real tension. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Thursday, January 29<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I\u2019m Bob Lepine.\u00a0 How do you make your marriage a priority, without forsaking lifelong friends?\u00a0 We\u2019re going to talk about that today. Stay tuned. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThanks for joining us on the Thursday edition. We\u2019ve been spending time this week examining the different seasons a woman goes through in her life. We\u2019ve been doing that by asking your wife to kind of explore the seasons that she\u2019s been through in her life. She\u2019s joining us, again, on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Barbara, welcome back. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Thank you, Bob. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It really has been fun to be in on these broadcasts because it\u2019s not often I get a chance to be a spectator of sorts while Bob asks the question of the guest, especially when it\u2019s my bride of now more than 42 years. She is revealing all of the stories that have brought us to this point. [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd the story you are about to hear is really\u2014largely, as a result of what is captured in Proverbs 24, verses 3 and 4\u2014\u201cBy wisdom, a house is built; and by understanding, it is established. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cBy knowledge, the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.\u201d This season of Barbara\u2019s life\u2014that you are about to hear\u2014is really a story of wisdom gained from the Bible and applying it in her life. As a result, it has built our home. And now, we\u2019re kind of looking back on these seasons and kind of celebrating what God has done. And it says, \u201cBy understanding, it is established.\u201d I thought of how much fun it was, earlier, when we talked about how our marriage was established around Jesus Christ\u2014around the knowledge and experience of Him. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, finally, verse 4 talks about \u201cBy knowledge, the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.\u201d\u00a0 And that\u2019s really the result of her having lived out a life that has been obedient to the Scripture. We\u2019re kind of celebrating a life together\u2014that has been filled with all kinds of pleasant and precious riches\u2014maybe not riches in terms of wealth\u2014but a rich life, certainly.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Wisdom, understanding, and knowledge\u2014key components to a strong relationship and a strong home. I\u2019m just thinking at the pace we\u2019ve been talking about the chapters of your life\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>We should be finished by the end of the year. [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I\u2019m looking\u2014maybe July. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>This is the <em>Gone with the Wind<\/em> version. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, we do want to talk about the early years of marriage. That\u2019s a chapter\u2014for a lot of women, that\u2019s a season that a lot of women go through that\u2019s a season where you gain some wisdom, and some knowledge, and some understanding; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Before we dive into that, share again with our listeners about what you\u2019ve been up to, especially as you start thinking about Easter\u2014which is still a couple of months away\u2014but you\u2019ve been busy trying to design some resources families can use during the Lenten season \/ during the Easter season to help remind them of what we\u2019re about to celebrate and to use them as a discipleship tool in their home. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Well, I have been\u2014and thanks for the opportunity to do this. You know\u2014just as we spend a lot of time anticipating Christmas, I think we need to spend a little bit more time anticipating Easter. I have a real burden to help families find ways to prepare for Easter and to celebrate it in a way that is more worthy of the event itself because Easter is the pivotal event in all of history. Yet, we don\u2019t put a lot of effort into Easter, relative to what we do for Christmas. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes, most of us don\u2019t think about when Easter\u2019s coming until it is Palm Sunday. Then, we go:\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Exactly. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u201cOh, man, next week is Easter. I\u2019ve got to get some new shoes for the kids\u201d; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes. Yes; and that\u2019s about all the preparation we put into it. So, we have an Easter banner that you can hang that says, \u201cI am the Resurrection and the Life.\u201d\u00a0 But we also have several things\u2014that you can actually have discussions about\u2014with your children in your home. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne is called \u201cBehold the Lamb.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tStarting on Palm Sunday, you read a very short little card that has a short story in it. It talks about Jesus coming into Jerusalem on the donkey and what that means and \u201cWhy is that important that we know about that and talk about that?\u201d\u00a0 Then, on Monday, it talks about what He probably did on Monday \/ what He probably did on Tuesday. You walk through Holy Week, as a family. It\u2019s a way to prepare your heart for the celebration of Resurrection Sunday. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And it doesn\u2019t take that long. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>It does not take that long. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I mean, you can read these stories in less than three or four minutes\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>They are very short. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014and then, have a little discussion with your kids about what they mean. And I\u2019ll tell you, Bob, we really need to use these days, not just explain to our children <em>what<\/em> happened, but <em>why <\/em>it happened. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, folks can find out more by going to your website. If they go to FamilyLifeToday.com, click the link that says, \u201cGO DEEPER,\u201d at the top of the page, there is a link there for Ever Thine Home<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, which is the name for the resources that you\u2019ve been creating. All of those resources are available, online. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere is a catalogue we can send folks. So, if they want to call 1-800-FL-TODAY and ask for the catalogue, we\u2019ll send it out to them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br>Now, let\u2019s talk about the early years of marriage for you. Where\u2019d you go on your honeymoon?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Well, we had this very interesting and very fun honeymoon. My husband likes to plan and think ahead. So, he planned this honeymoon\u2014we were married in Houston. We spent a couple nights in Houston. We, then, drove to Colorado which is where we were going to be living. We stayed there a night or two. Then, we got in the car, and we travelled around the state of Colorado. We camped one night. We stayed in a hotel another night. We just kind of went somewhere different every night. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI had never been to Colorado in my life. So, we went all over the state for about ten days?\u2014was it ten days or was it two weeks?\u00a0 <br>\u00a0\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It was about ten days. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Something like that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>Camping on the honeymoon?\u00a0 That was okay. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>We went camping on the honeymoon; and yes, it was okay. But it was also a brand-new experience. One of the things that I learned\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014probably from the camping\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014is that it snows at 8,000 feet in September. [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes, I learned that. But I also learned that I married someone who likes to do adventurous things\u2014and that this was the beginning of many new experiences that I\u2019d never done before. Camping was the first one, and we camped at 8,000 feet. And I nearly froze to death. [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Now, you had known Dennis for a couple of years before you guys got married\u2014you\u2019d been friends in college. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>You had had this whirlwind engagement, and you were married six weeks after he proposed; but right away, on the honeymoon, you were starting to realize, \u201cThere are things about him I just didn\u2019t know.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes; exactly. And that was one of them; and then, we went fishing. I\u2019d never been fishing in my life. I mean, we had a lot of fun\u2014I mean, I enjoyed the camping trip\u2014but I just nearly froze to death. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>We went in the off-season. So, we stayed at the Broadmoor Hotel for 21 bucks. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Wow!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I mean, we went all over the state.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd the interesting thing was\u2014Barbara and I have been places, all over the world, on behalf of FamilyLife, and have visited some very fun, romantic spots. I\u2019ve asked her, on numerous occasions, what\u2019s her favorite and\u2014haven\u2019t asked her recently\u2014but for years, that honeymoon was her favorite of all the trips we\u2019d made, notwithstanding the snow at 8,000 feet. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, you didn\u2019t have any tearful moments on the honeymoon, where you thought, \u201cWhat have I gotten myself into?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>No, I did not. I know there are brides who do, but I didn\u2019t. I was <em>so<\/em> convinced and <em>so<\/em> confident that God had led us to be married, but I just\u2014I really didn\u2019t have any doubts \/ I didn\u2019t have any concerns. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>Now, the year before, you\u2019d been on the campus at the University of South Carolina, working with Campus Crusade for Christ\u2014working with college students. That\u2019s what your life was going to be all about. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Correct. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You had not even been considering, in May,,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Correct. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014that in September\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> I would be married. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, you didn\u2019t really have a whole lot of time to think about:\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>No. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u201cWhat\u2019s my life, as a wife, going to be like?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>No, I didn\u2019t. But I wasn\u2019t really too worried about that either because I had a really good role model in my mom. She was a good wife to my dad, and they had a good relationship. I just didn\u2019t come into marriage with a lot of anxiety or a lot of confusion about what I was supposed to do as a wife, honestly. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Insecurity?\u00a0 Were you insecure?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Oh, yes. I was real insecure. I\u2014because I\u2019m a firstborn and a perfectionist, I really, really wanted to do this job right. I was determined I was going to do it right, and I was going to be the best wife ever. So, I did struggle with that; but I started worrying about failing, later on down the road\u2014but I didn\u2019t start out being afraid to fail. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>Your priorities, the year before, had been all about the Kingdom\u2014all about ministry \/ all about discipling college students. Your priorities had to shift\u2014now that you were setting up home in Boulder, Colorado, married to Dennis, and you were a wife. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDid you just naturally flow into these new priorities easily; or did you find yourself thinking, \u201cI want to be back doing what I was doing last year\u201d?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>No, I never wanted to go back to what I was doing last year. I think, for the most part, the transition was a relatively easy one for me. Now, again, we had moments \/ we had struggles; but it was a relatively easy transition. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And I guess I\u2019m thinking today of young women who get married. They\u2019ve been to college. They\u2019ve had a career focus\u2014they\u2019ve maybe had a year or two\u2014three\/four years in the job\u2014and they\u2019re maybe starting to feel some of the \u201cBoy, if I stay at this job five years, I get a promotion and I get a raise.\u201d\u00a0 Now, they are married. They are trying to move it in, alongside a thriving career. They\u2019re finding that the hours in the day have shrunk for them. You know what I\u2019m talking about?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Oh, I do know what you are talking about. I think part of the reason I didn\u2019t experience that is because I was still doing, when we got married, what I did when I was single. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI was doing ministry on a campus; and then, after we got married, I was doing ministry again on a different campus. So, I didn\u2019t have that sort of ripping away and the confusion of identity. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I think the reason that didn\u2019t happen, Bob, is because she didn\u2019t change missions. She had been about a mission of making an impact on people\u2019s lives with the gospel of Jesus Christ on the college campus. Well, we just moved her down to high school as she was working with me because that was a part of my job. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s why I think young couples today really need to pay attention and evaluate: \u201cWhat is my mission?\u00a0 What am I about?\u00a0 Why am I here?\u00a0 What am I designed, by God, to do?\u00a0 Who is this person that I\u2019m thinking about spending the rest of my life with?\u00a0 Do we have similar missions?\u00a0 Are we about the same thing?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd I think, much like a bicycle built for two is designed for two people to go in the same direction, at the same speed, at the same time\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014I think, when a marriage begins with a pair of people \/ a husband and a wife, yielded to Jesus Christ on His mission for their lives\u2014I\u2019m telling you\u2014there will still be bumps in the road \/ there will be curves, and hills, and all kinds of issues; but it\u2019ll settle a lot of problems on the frontend. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I think a lot of young women today, who are leading very full single lives\u2014whether it is career, their group of friends, stuff they\u2019re doing at church, activities\u2014their life is pretty full. Then, they meet a guy and they fall in love; and they\u2019re getting married. Nobody\u2019s stopped to say: \u201cYou don\u2019t have time in your life to keep doing everything you\u2019ve been doing and add a husband to that. So, you\u2019re going to have to figure out what gets carved away because being a wife and building a relationship with a new husband\u2014that\u2019s going to take some time and some energy. You can\u2019t just shoehorn it in\u201d; can you?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>I agree. I agree with what Dennis said about having a common mission. I think that\u2019s central. That\u2019s the first most important thing; but one of the gifts that we started out with\u2014that we did not plan for \/ we didn\u2019t expect that it would be\u2014was that we started out our marriage with neither one of us having a set of friends from before marriage. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI often say to young women, who do get married\u2014that one of the very best things they can do is make some kind of a change\u2014they may not be able to literally move to a new place, like we did\u2014but make some kind of a change where you\u2019re both starting out together in the same field\u2014whether it\u2019s a church, or a neighborhood, or something because we were forced to depend upon each other\u2014we were friends with each other. Our relationship really grew quickly because we did everything together. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd even though we were there in Boulder for a year-and-a-half\u2014we were working with high school students\u2014we knew the high school students, and we knew the parents\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014we never, even in that year-and-a-half we were there\u2014we never developed another couple friends even. We just did everything the two of us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>One thing I want Barbara to comment on that you wouldn\u2019t know to ask, Bob\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014but I want her to share with our audience because this was one of the big adjustments in this opening season of our lives together\u2014was me asking her: \u201cWhat are you thinking?\u00a0 What are you feeling?\u00a0 What\u2019s going on in your life?\u201d because she was a lot quieter than I ever imagined, after I married her. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes, I didn\u2019t say a whole lot. [Laughter]\u00a0 And he would often\u2014he\u2019d say to me, \u201cA penny for your thoughts.\u201d\u00a0 I\u2019d go, \u201cWell, I don\u2019t know.\u201d\u00a0 I\u2019d think about it for a while. Then, I\u2019d say a little something; but we developed this understanding\u2014I\u2019ll tell them about the cans. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br>So, I was very, very shy; and I was very quiet. And I, as I said earlier, really wanted to win; and I wanted to do this right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, I didn\u2019t want to make any mistakes because, if you make mistakes, you can\u2019t do it right\u2014 in my thinking. So, I was very <em>cautious<\/em> about what I would say and what I would do. He would ask me a question. I\u2019d say, \u201cWhat do you think about that little sentence?\u201d\u00a0 If he reacted okay, then, I\u2019ll get him another sentence or two; but, if he didn\u2019t react well or he was startled in some way or whatever, then, my\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You\u2019d pull way back?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Had a judgment about the sentence. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, what about the cans?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>So, the cans were his illustration. He said that I had this whole warehouse full of goods and inventory. So, in our conversation, I would just set out one can on the counter. If it was received well, then, he might get another can from out of the warehouse onto the counter. But if not, that first can went back in the warehouse. [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And the doors\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u2014slammed shut. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014thwacked shut. [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I do think\u2014for a lot of young women today, this chapter of life\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014that\u2019s the newlywed chapter\u2014you do have to take seriously, \u201cThis is going to take some time.\u201d\u00a0 I don\u2019t know that you necessarily say, \u201cWe\u2019re not going to have any friends outside the marriage.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>No, I don\u2019t think that\u2019s necessarily the answer\u2014that just happened to be what we had. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>But you may need to recalibrate what you\u2019re involvement with your friends\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014outside the marriage looks like. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, if you used to get together with your girlfriends three nights a week\u2014now, that you are married\u2014maybe, it\u2019s one night every other week instead of three nights a week that you are doing something like that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes, you really do have to make some adjustments in favor of the marriage relationship because, when you do get married, that needs to become the most important relationship in your life. You need to be feeding it the most, and growing it the most, and paying the most attention to it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou don\u2019t have to ignore your friends, if you come into marriage and you\u2019re living where you grew up and you\u2019ve got all these friends. On the other hand, they need to, maybe, take second place; or maybe, you don\u2019t maintain all 20 best friends. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou may have to kind of slowly back away from some of them. It\u2019s very complicated, and it\u2019s hard to do. It\u2019s really hard for girls, in particular, because we just don\u2019t like to hurt anybody\u2019s feelings. So, it can be a hard thing to do. I\u2019ve talked to a number of young women, who have struggled with that in that early season of marriage because they have so many friends and they don\u2019t want to hurt their girlfriends\u2019 feelings; and they want to be loyal to their husband\u2014it\u2019s a real tension. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>We say, at the <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em><em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/em> marriage getaway, that the first three to five years of marriage are years of making difficult adjustments because you\u2019re learning new things about one another. You\u2019re going: \u201cI didn\u2019t know you slept in on Saturday morning. I didn\u2019t know you liked to have the temperature really cold in the room.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>All of that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>It\u2019s those kinds of things, where you\u2019re starting to make those adjustments. This requires some time and some grace for a young wife to kind of begin to wear the clothing of being a wife.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes, it\u2019s a <em>big <\/em>adjustment. I think, a lot of times, we underestimate that. Well, now, I shouldn\u2019t say a lot of times\u2014I take it back\u2014it is <em>always<\/em> a big adjustment, no matter\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And we always underestimate it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>And we always underestimate it, no matter what your age, because it\u2019s not just for young brides\u2014it\u2019s for any bride of any age \/ any season of life. It is <em>always<\/em> a bigger adjustment than we expect. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And one of the ways it manifests itself is kind of how we spend our Saturdays. Barbara thought I was going to be like her dad, which was a giant error because he was a brilliant engineer\u2014who his idea of tinkering\u2014you know, having fun on a weekend would be to tear down an engine and rebuild it. Why don\u2019t you share what happened, early in our marriage, and what happened on a Saturday\u2014kind of your perspective of it?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes, I just thought Saturdays were for work because, in my family, we all worked every Saturday. We raked the leaves, and we mowed the lawn. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe trimmed the hedges, and we washed the storm windows. I mean, all of us worked together on the weekends\u2014every Saturday. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And my dad let the yard die in the summer. [Laughter]\u00a0 He didn\u2019t do yard work. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Didn\u2019t trim the hedges. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I don\u2019t remember my dad ever raking a leaf. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes, and it wasn\u2019t that I intentionally compared Dennis to my dad. I just assumed that all families were like that because my family was the family that I knew. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>So that was my standard. I assumed that his family was like that. So, I thought\u2014on Saturdays, we would work at something\u2014we would paint furniture \/ we would hang pictures on the wall. We would do some kind of work. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And what did he think Saturdays were for?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>He thought Saturdays were for watching sports on TV\u2014watching TV\u2014and putting his feet up. And I thought, \u201cI don\u2019t think so!\u201d\u00a0 [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Going fishing. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes, going fishing. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes, but one of those Saturdays\u2014I don\u2019t think it was the first Saturdays; but in the first couple of years of our marriage, I had my feet up and was kind of enjoying what my dad and I used to do on a Saturday afternoon\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014kind of watch the game. And it was like a buzzard that came in and kind of did a circle, as buzzards do, around that easy chair that I had wrapped around me. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Didn\u2019t say anything?\u2014just kind of flew around?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It just flew around and didn\u2019t land\u2014and kind of went into the kitchen and banged some pots around. Being the sensitive guy that I am, I kind of figured out that the buzzard didn\u2019t like the kind of action I was providing on that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, you turned up the TV so you couldn\u2019t hear the pots\u2014yes?\u00a0 [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes, I told her to knock it off in the kitchen because I couldn\u2019t hear my TV. [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>We had lots and lots and lots of conversations about Saturdays. <br><br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Those are rookie mistakes\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014that are okay your rookie year, but they are not good to keep repeating. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>But they lasted a lot longer than the rookie year. [Laugher]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Okay. The rookie season went on for a while. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes, it was a <em>long<\/em> rookie season on that topic!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>My question is: \u201cDid you talk before you got married about how many kids you thought you might want to have?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>We did, briefly, because I remember we had a\u2014I came from a family of four. I thought, \u201cYou know, four or five\u201d; and he was thinking, \u201cTwo or three.\u201d\u00a0 And we just talked about it, but we didn\u2019t make decisions. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You were kind of okay with whatever\u2014you weren\u2019t thinking much about it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Did you talk about how long you wanted to wait to start a family?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Probably, but I don\u2019t remember that conversation\u2014\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Okay, so, how long\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>\u2014I\u2019m sure we did. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>How long did you wait before you started a family?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Two years. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>We celebrated our second anniversary with\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>\u2014a newborn. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>At the delivery room?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>No, it wasn\u2019t\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>No, we were home. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>We were home. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>But we were only home a week\u2014I think she was a week old. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>We had diapers\u2014we were in the game. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, we will hear more about the diaper years tomorrow. But let me encourage listeners, who have not yet had a chance, this week, to go to Barbara\u2019s website and see the resources that you have been working on in the current season of life that you\u2019re in. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLet me encourage you to go to EverThineHome.com. There, you can see the \u201cHow Do I Love Thee\u201d banner that\u2019s great for Valentine\u2019s week. But it can be used anytime throughout the year. It\u2019s just a great discipleship tool for families to have conversations about what real love looks like in a family. Again, it\u2019s called \u201cHow Do I Love Thee.\u201d\u00a0 You can go to EverThineHome.com. If you have any questions, give us a call at 1-800-FL-TODAY\u20141-800-358-6329. That\u2019s 1-800- \u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then, the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, I don\u2019t know if you\u2019ve ever stopped to think about the mission that is behind this daily program. As you tune in and listen, I hope you understand that we have a goal in mind to provide practical biblical help to effectively develop godly families, who change the world, one home at a time.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd we\u2019re grateful for those of you who believe in that mission and who help support what we\u2019re doing, here at <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. We are listener-supported. Your donations help cover the cost of producing and syndicating this daily radio program. And we\u2019re grateful for your partnership. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn fact, we\u2019d love to be able to say a tangible \u201cThank you.\u201d\u00a0 Right now, when you make a donation to support <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, we\u2019ll send you a copy of Dennis and Barbara Rainey\u2019s devotional guide for couples. It\u2019s called <em>Moments with You<\/em>. It is designed to bring you closer together and closer to Christ. It\u2019s our gift to you when you make a donation, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com. Click in the upper right-hand corner of our website, FamilyLifeToday.com\u2014click the link that says, \u201cI CARE,\u201d to make an online donation. Or call 1-800-FL-TODAY. You can make a donation over the phone and ask for the devotional book from Dennis and Barbara Rainey. Or request <em>Moments with You<\/em> when you mail your donation to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOur zip code is 72223. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, tomorrow, we\u2019re going to get into those early years with kids in the home\u2014the diaper years. We\u2019ll talk about how things had to shift for Barbara Rainey, as a wife and now as a mom, when she brought the kids home\u2014the new season of life that God had for her. That comes up tomorrow. Hope you can be here for that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I\u2019m Bob Lepine. We will see you back next time for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHelp for today. Hope for tomorrow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are so happy to provide these transcripts to you. However, there is a cost to produce them for our website. If you\u2019ve benefited from the broadcast transcripts, would you consider <a href=\"http:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/donate\">donating today<\/a> to help defray the costs?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tCopyright <sup>\u00a9<\/sup> 2015 FamilyLife. 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and Barbara Rainey talk about their early years of marriage and the arrival of the first of their six children two years later.","meta_box":{"show_notes":"","transcript_url":"https:\/\/transcript.familylifetoday.com\/fl2015-01-29.pdf","transcript_content":"<strong>Bob: <\/strong>The Bible defines marriage as leaving and cleaving. Sometimes, that means we have to leave people who have been our best friends for years. Here\u2019s Barbara Rainey. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>It\u2019s very complicated, and it\u2019s hard to do. It\u2019s really hard for girls, in particular, because we don\u2019t ever like to hurt anybody\u2019s feelings. So, it can be a hard thing to do. I\u2019ve talked to a number of young women, who have struggled with that in that early season of marriage, because they have so many friends and they don\u2019t want to hurt their girlfriends\u2019 feelings. They want to be loyal to their husband, but they don\u2019t want\u2014and it\u2019s a real tension. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Thursday, January 29<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I\u2019m Bob Lepine.\u00a0 How do you make your marriage a priority, without forsaking lifelong friends?\u00a0 We\u2019re going to talk about that today. Stay tuned. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThanks for joining us on the Thursday edition. We\u2019ve been spending time this week examining the different seasons a woman goes through in her life. We\u2019ve been doing that by asking your wife to kind of explore the seasons that she\u2019s been through in her life. She\u2019s joining us, again, on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Barbara, welcome back. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Thank you, Bob. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It really has been fun to be in on these broadcasts because it\u2019s not often I get a chance to be a spectator of sorts while Bob asks the question of the guest, especially when it\u2019s my bride of now more than 42 years. She is revealing all of the stories that have brought us to this point. [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd the story you are about to hear is really\u2014largely, as a result of what is captured in Proverbs 24, verses 3 and 4\u2014\u201cBy wisdom, a house is built; and by understanding, it is established. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cBy knowledge, the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.\u201d This season of Barbara\u2019s life\u2014that you are about to hear\u2014is really a story of wisdom gained from the Bible and applying it in her life. As a result, it has built our home. And now, we\u2019re kind of looking back on these seasons and kind of celebrating what God has done. And it says, \u201cBy understanding, it is established.\u201d I thought of how much fun it was, earlier, when we talked about how our marriage was established around Jesus Christ\u2014around the knowledge and experience of Him. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, finally, verse 4 talks about \u201cBy knowledge, the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.\u201d\u00a0 And that\u2019s really the result of her having lived out a life that has been obedient to the Scripture. We\u2019re kind of celebrating a life together\u2014that has been filled with all kinds of pleasant and precious riches\u2014maybe not riches in terms of wealth\u2014but a rich life, certainly.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Wisdom, understanding, and knowledge\u2014key components to a strong relationship and a strong home. I\u2019m just thinking at the pace we\u2019ve been talking about the chapters of your life\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>We should be finished by the end of the year. [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I\u2019m looking\u2014maybe July. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>This is the <em>Gone with the Wind<\/em> version. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, we do want to talk about the early years of marriage. That\u2019s a chapter\u2014for a lot of women, that\u2019s a season that a lot of women go through that\u2019s a season where you gain some wisdom, and some knowledge, and some understanding; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Before we dive into that, share again with our listeners about what you\u2019ve been up to, especially as you start thinking about Easter\u2014which is still a couple of months away\u2014but you\u2019ve been busy trying to design some resources families can use during the Lenten season \/ during the Easter season to help remind them of what we\u2019re about to celebrate and to use them as a discipleship tool in their home. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Well, I have been\u2014and thanks for the opportunity to do this. You know\u2014just as we spend a lot of time anticipating Christmas, I think we need to spend a little bit more time anticipating Easter. I have a real burden to help families find ways to prepare for Easter and to celebrate it in a way that is more worthy of the event itself because Easter is the pivotal event in all of history. Yet, we don\u2019t put a lot of effort into Easter, relative to what we do for Christmas. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes, most of us don\u2019t think about when Easter\u2019s coming until it is Palm Sunday. Then, we go:\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Exactly. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u201cOh, man, next week is Easter. I\u2019ve got to get some new shoes for the kids\u201d; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes. Yes; and that\u2019s about all the preparation we put into it. So, we have an Easter banner that you can hang that says, \u201cI am the Resurrection and the Life.\u201d\u00a0 But we also have several things\u2014that you can actually have discussions about\u2014with your children in your home. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne is called \u201cBehold the Lamb.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tStarting on Palm Sunday, you read a very short little card that has a short story in it. It talks about Jesus coming into Jerusalem on the donkey and what that means and \u201cWhy is that important that we know about that and talk about that?\u201d\u00a0 Then, on Monday, it talks about what He probably did on Monday \/ what He probably did on Tuesday. You walk through Holy Week, as a family. It\u2019s a way to prepare your heart for the celebration of Resurrection Sunday. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And it doesn\u2019t take that long. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>It does not take that long. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I mean, you can read these stories in less than three or four minutes\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>They are very short. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014and then, have a little discussion with your kids about what they mean. And I\u2019ll tell you, Bob, we really need to use these days, not just explain to our children <em>what<\/em> happened, but <em>why <\/em>it happened. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, folks can find out more by going to your website. If they go to FamilyLifeToday.com, click the link that says, \u201cGO DEEPER,\u201d at the top of the page, there is a link there for Ever Thine Home<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, which is the name for the resources that you\u2019ve been creating. All of those resources are available, online. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere is a catalogue we can send folks. So, if they want to call 1-800-FL-TODAY and ask for the catalogue, we\u2019ll send it out to them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br>Now, let\u2019s talk about the early years of marriage for you. Where\u2019d you go on your honeymoon?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Well, we had this very interesting and very fun honeymoon. My husband likes to plan and think ahead. So, he planned this honeymoon\u2014we were married in Houston. We spent a couple nights in Houston. We, then, drove to Colorado which is where we were going to be living. We stayed there a night or two. Then, we got in the car, and we travelled around the state of Colorado. We camped one night. We stayed in a hotel another night. We just kind of went somewhere different every night. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI had never been to Colorado in my life. So, we went all over the state for about ten days?\u2014was it ten days or was it two weeks?\u00a0 <br>\u00a0\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It was about ten days. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Something like that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>Camping on the honeymoon?\u00a0 That was okay. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>We went camping on the honeymoon; and yes, it was okay. But it was also a brand-new experience. One of the things that I learned\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014probably from the camping\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014is that it snows at 8,000 feet in September. [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes, I learned that. But I also learned that I married someone who likes to do adventurous things\u2014and that this was the beginning of many new experiences that I\u2019d never done before. Camping was the first one, and we camped at 8,000 feet. And I nearly froze to death. [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Now, you had known Dennis for a couple of years before you guys got married\u2014you\u2019d been friends in college. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>You had had this whirlwind engagement, and you were married six weeks after he proposed; but right away, on the honeymoon, you were starting to realize, \u201cThere are things about him I just didn\u2019t know.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes; exactly. And that was one of them; and then, we went fishing. I\u2019d never been fishing in my life. I mean, we had a lot of fun\u2014I mean, I enjoyed the camping trip\u2014but I just nearly froze to death. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>We went in the off-season. So, we stayed at the Broadmoor Hotel for 21 bucks. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Wow!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I mean, we went all over the state.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd the interesting thing was\u2014Barbara and I have been places, all over the world, on behalf of FamilyLife, and have visited some very fun, romantic spots. I\u2019ve asked her, on numerous occasions, what\u2019s her favorite and\u2014haven\u2019t asked her recently\u2014but for years, that honeymoon was her favorite of all the trips we\u2019d made, notwithstanding the snow at 8,000 feet. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, you didn\u2019t have any tearful moments on the honeymoon, where you thought, \u201cWhat have I gotten myself into?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>No, I did not. I know there are brides who do, but I didn\u2019t. I was <em>so<\/em> convinced and <em>so<\/em> confident that God had led us to be married, but I just\u2014I really didn\u2019t have any doubts \/ I didn\u2019t have any concerns. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>Now, the year before, you\u2019d been on the campus at the University of South Carolina, working with Campus Crusade for Christ\u2014working with college students. That\u2019s what your life was going to be all about. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Correct. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You had not even been considering, in May,,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Correct. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014that in September\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> I would be married. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, you didn\u2019t really have a whole lot of time to think about:\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>No. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u201cWhat\u2019s my life, as a wife, going to be like?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>No, I didn\u2019t. But I wasn\u2019t really too worried about that either because I had a really good role model in my mom. She was a good wife to my dad, and they had a good relationship. I just didn\u2019t come into marriage with a lot of anxiety or a lot of confusion about what I was supposed to do as a wife, honestly. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Insecurity?\u00a0 Were you insecure?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Oh, yes. I was real insecure. I\u2014because I\u2019m a firstborn and a perfectionist, I really, really wanted to do this job right. I was determined I was going to do it right, and I was going to be the best wife ever. So, I did struggle with that; but I started worrying about failing, later on down the road\u2014but I didn\u2019t start out being afraid to fail. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>Your priorities, the year before, had been all about the Kingdom\u2014all about ministry \/ all about discipling college students. Your priorities had to shift\u2014now that you were setting up home in Boulder, Colorado, married to Dennis, and you were a wife. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDid you just naturally flow into these new priorities easily; or did you find yourself thinking, \u201cI want to be back doing what I was doing last year\u201d?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>No, I never wanted to go back to what I was doing last year. I think, for the most part, the transition was a relatively easy one for me. Now, again, we had moments \/ we had struggles; but it was a relatively easy transition. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And I guess I\u2019m thinking today of young women who get married. They\u2019ve been to college. They\u2019ve had a career focus\u2014they\u2019ve maybe had a year or two\u2014three\/four years in the job\u2014and they\u2019re maybe starting to feel some of the \u201cBoy, if I stay at this job five years, I get a promotion and I get a raise.\u201d\u00a0 Now, they are married. They are trying to move it in, alongside a thriving career. They\u2019re finding that the hours in the day have shrunk for them. You know what I\u2019m talking about?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Oh, I do know what you are talking about. I think part of the reason I didn\u2019t experience that is because I was still doing, when we got married, what I did when I was single. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI was doing ministry on a campus; and then, after we got married, I was doing ministry again on a different campus. So, I didn\u2019t have that sort of ripping away and the confusion of identity. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I think the reason that didn\u2019t happen, Bob, is because she didn\u2019t change missions. She had been about a mission of making an impact on people\u2019s lives with the gospel of Jesus Christ on the college campus. Well, we just moved her down to high school as she was working with me because that was a part of my job. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s why I think young couples today really need to pay attention and evaluate: \u201cWhat is my mission?\u00a0 What am I about?\u00a0 Why am I here?\u00a0 What am I designed, by God, to do?\u00a0 Who is this person that I\u2019m thinking about spending the rest of my life with?\u00a0 Do we have similar missions?\u00a0 Are we about the same thing?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd I think, much like a bicycle built for two is designed for two people to go in the same direction, at the same speed, at the same time\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014I think, when a marriage begins with a pair of people \/ a husband and a wife, yielded to Jesus Christ on His mission for their lives\u2014I\u2019m telling you\u2014there will still be bumps in the road \/ there will be curves, and hills, and all kinds of issues; but it\u2019ll settle a lot of problems on the frontend. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I think a lot of young women today, who are leading very full single lives\u2014whether it is career, their group of friends, stuff they\u2019re doing at church, activities\u2014their life is pretty full. Then, they meet a guy and they fall in love; and they\u2019re getting married. Nobody\u2019s stopped to say: \u201cYou don\u2019t have time in your life to keep doing everything you\u2019ve been doing and add a husband to that. So, you\u2019re going to have to figure out what gets carved away because being a wife and building a relationship with a new husband\u2014that\u2019s going to take some time and some energy. You can\u2019t just shoehorn it in\u201d; can you?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>I agree. I agree with what Dennis said about having a common mission. I think that\u2019s central. That\u2019s the first most important thing; but one of the gifts that we started out with\u2014that we did not plan for \/ we didn\u2019t expect that it would be\u2014was that we started out our marriage with neither one of us having a set of friends from before marriage. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI often say to young women, who do get married\u2014that one of the very best things they can do is make some kind of a change\u2014they may not be able to literally move to a new place, like we did\u2014but make some kind of a change where you\u2019re both starting out together in the same field\u2014whether it\u2019s a church, or a neighborhood, or something because we were forced to depend upon each other\u2014we were friends with each other. Our relationship really grew quickly because we did everything together. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd even though we were there in Boulder for a year-and-a-half\u2014we were working with high school students\u2014we knew the high school students, and we knew the parents\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014we never, even in that year-and-a-half we were there\u2014we never developed another couple friends even. We just did everything the two of us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>One thing I want Barbara to comment on that you wouldn\u2019t know to ask, Bob\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014but I want her to share with our audience because this was one of the big adjustments in this opening season of our lives together\u2014was me asking her: \u201cWhat are you thinking?\u00a0 What are you feeling?\u00a0 What\u2019s going on in your life?\u201d because she was a lot quieter than I ever imagined, after I married her. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes, I didn\u2019t say a whole lot. [Laughter]\u00a0 And he would often\u2014he\u2019d say to me, \u201cA penny for your thoughts.\u201d\u00a0 I\u2019d go, \u201cWell, I don\u2019t know.\u201d\u00a0 I\u2019d think about it for a while. Then, I\u2019d say a little something; but we developed this understanding\u2014I\u2019ll tell them about the cans. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br>So, I was very, very shy; and I was very quiet. And I, as I said earlier, really wanted to win; and I wanted to do this right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, I didn\u2019t want to make any mistakes because, if you make mistakes, you can\u2019t do it right\u2014 in my thinking. So, I was very <em>cautious<\/em> about what I would say and what I would do. He would ask me a question. I\u2019d say, \u201cWhat do you think about that little sentence?\u201d\u00a0 If he reacted okay, then, I\u2019ll get him another sentence or two; but, if he didn\u2019t react well or he was startled in some way or whatever, then, my\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You\u2019d pull way back?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Had a judgment about the sentence. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, what about the cans?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>So, the cans were his illustration. He said that I had this whole warehouse full of goods and inventory. So, in our conversation, I would just set out one can on the counter. If it was received well, then, he might get another can from out of the warehouse onto the counter. But if not, that first can went back in the warehouse. [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And the doors\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u2014slammed shut. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014thwacked shut. [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I do think\u2014for a lot of young women today, this chapter of life\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014that\u2019s the newlywed chapter\u2014you do have to take seriously, \u201cThis is going to take some time.\u201d\u00a0 I don\u2019t know that you necessarily say, \u201cWe\u2019re not going to have any friends outside the marriage.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>No, I don\u2019t think that\u2019s necessarily the answer\u2014that just happened to be what we had. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>But you may need to recalibrate what you\u2019re involvement with your friends\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014outside the marriage looks like. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, if you used to get together with your girlfriends three nights a week\u2014now, that you are married\u2014maybe, it\u2019s one night every other week instead of three nights a week that you are doing something like that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes, you really do have to make some adjustments in favor of the marriage relationship because, when you do get married, that needs to become the most important relationship in your life. You need to be feeding it the most, and growing it the most, and paying the most attention to it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou don\u2019t have to ignore your friends, if you come into marriage and you\u2019re living where you grew up and you\u2019ve got all these friends. On the other hand, they need to, maybe, take second place; or maybe, you don\u2019t maintain all 20 best friends. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou may have to kind of slowly back away from some of them. It\u2019s very complicated, and it\u2019s hard to do. It\u2019s really hard for girls, in particular, because we just don\u2019t like to hurt anybody\u2019s feelings. So, it can be a hard thing to do. I\u2019ve talked to a number of young women, who have struggled with that in that early season of marriage because they have so many friends and they don\u2019t want to hurt their girlfriends\u2019 feelings; and they want to be loyal to their husband\u2014it\u2019s a real tension. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>We say, at the <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em><em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/em> marriage getaway, that the first three to five years of marriage are years of making difficult adjustments because you\u2019re learning new things about one another. You\u2019re going: \u201cI didn\u2019t know you slept in on Saturday morning. I didn\u2019t know you liked to have the temperature really cold in the room.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>All of that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>It\u2019s those kinds of things, where you\u2019re starting to make those adjustments. This requires some time and some grace for a young wife to kind of begin to wear the clothing of being a wife.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes, it\u2019s a <em>big <\/em>adjustment. I think, a lot of times, we underestimate that. Well, now, I shouldn\u2019t say a lot of times\u2014I take it back\u2014it is <em>always<\/em> a big adjustment, no matter\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And we always underestimate it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>And we always underestimate it, no matter what your age, because it\u2019s not just for young brides\u2014it\u2019s for any bride of any age \/ any season of life. It is <em>always<\/em> a bigger adjustment than we expect. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And one of the ways it manifests itself is kind of how we spend our Saturdays. Barbara thought I was going to be like her dad, which was a giant error because he was a brilliant engineer\u2014who his idea of tinkering\u2014you know, having fun on a weekend would be to tear down an engine and rebuild it. Why don\u2019t you share what happened, early in our marriage, and what happened on a Saturday\u2014kind of your perspective of it?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes, I just thought Saturdays were for work because, in my family, we all worked every Saturday. We raked the leaves, and we mowed the lawn. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe trimmed the hedges, and we washed the storm windows. I mean, all of us worked together on the weekends\u2014every Saturday. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And my dad let the yard die in the summer. [Laughter]\u00a0 He didn\u2019t do yard work. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Didn\u2019t trim the hedges. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I don\u2019t remember my dad ever raking a leaf. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes, and it wasn\u2019t that I intentionally compared Dennis to my dad. I just assumed that all families were like that because my family was the family that I knew. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>So that was my standard. I assumed that his family was like that. So, I thought\u2014on Saturdays, we would work at something\u2014we would paint furniture \/ we would hang pictures on the wall. We would do some kind of work. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And what did he think Saturdays were for?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>He thought Saturdays were for watching sports on TV\u2014watching TV\u2014and putting his feet up. And I thought, \u201cI don\u2019t think so!\u201d\u00a0 [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Going fishing. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes, going fishing. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes, but one of those Saturdays\u2014I don\u2019t think it was the first Saturdays; but in the first couple of years of our marriage, I had my feet up and was kind of enjoying what my dad and I used to do on a Saturday afternoon\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014kind of watch the game. And it was like a buzzard that came in and kind of did a circle, as buzzards do, around that easy chair that I had wrapped around me. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Didn\u2019t say anything?\u2014just kind of flew around?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It just flew around and didn\u2019t land\u2014and kind of went into the kitchen and banged some pots around. Being the sensitive guy that I am, I kind of figured out that the buzzard didn\u2019t like the kind of action I was providing on that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, you turned up the TV so you couldn\u2019t hear the pots\u2014yes?\u00a0 [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes, I told her to knock it off in the kitchen because I couldn\u2019t hear my TV. [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>We had lots and lots and lots of conversations about Saturdays. <br><br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Those are rookie mistakes\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014that are okay your rookie year, but they are not good to keep repeating. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>But they lasted a lot longer than the rookie year. [Laugher]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Okay. The rookie season went on for a while. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes, it was a <em>long<\/em> rookie season on that topic!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>My question is: \u201cDid you talk before you got married about how many kids you thought you might want to have?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>We did, briefly, because I remember we had a\u2014I came from a family of four. I thought, \u201cYou know, four or five\u201d; and he was thinking, \u201cTwo or three.\u201d\u00a0 And we just talked about it, but we didn\u2019t make decisions. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You were kind of okay with whatever\u2014you weren\u2019t thinking much about it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Did you talk about how long you wanted to wait to start a family?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Probably, but I don\u2019t remember that conversation\u2014\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Okay, so, how long\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>\u2014I\u2019m sure we did. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>How long did you wait before you started a family?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Two years. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>We celebrated our second anniversary with\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>\u2014a newborn. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>At the delivery room?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>No, it wasn\u2019t\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>No, we were home. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>We were home. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>But we were only home a week\u2014I think she was a week old. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>We had diapers\u2014we were in the game. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, we will hear more about the diaper years tomorrow. But let me encourage listeners, who have not yet had a chance, this week, to go to Barbara\u2019s website and see the resources that you have been working on in the current season of life that you\u2019re in. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLet me encourage you to go to EverThineHome.com. There, you can see the \u201cHow Do I Love Thee\u201d banner that\u2019s great for Valentine\u2019s week. But it can be used anytime throughout the year. It\u2019s just a great discipleship tool for families to have conversations about what real love looks like in a family. Again, it\u2019s called \u201cHow Do I Love Thee.\u201d\u00a0 You can go to EverThineHome.com. If you have any questions, give us a call at 1-800-FL-TODAY\u20141-800-358-6329. That\u2019s 1-800- \u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then, the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, I don\u2019t know if you\u2019ve ever stopped to think about the mission that is behind this daily program. As you tune in and listen, I hope you understand that we have a goal in mind to provide practical biblical help to effectively develop godly families, who change the world, one home at a time.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd we\u2019re grateful for those of you who believe in that mission and who help support what we\u2019re doing, here at <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. We are listener-supported. Your donations help cover the cost of producing and syndicating this daily radio program. And we\u2019re grateful for your partnership. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn fact, we\u2019d love to be able to say a tangible \u201cThank you.\u201d\u00a0 Right now, when you make a donation to support <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, we\u2019ll send you a copy of Dennis and Barbara Rainey\u2019s devotional guide for couples. It\u2019s called <em>Moments with You<\/em>. It is designed to bring you closer together and closer to Christ. It\u2019s our gift to you when you make a donation, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com. Click in the upper right-hand corner of our website, FamilyLifeToday.com\u2014click the link that says, \u201cI CARE,\u201d to make an online donation. Or call 1-800-FL-TODAY. You can make a donation over the phone and ask for the devotional book from Dennis and Barbara Rainey. Or request <em>Moments with You<\/em> when you mail your donation to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOur zip code is 72223. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, tomorrow, we\u2019re going to get into those early years with kids in the home\u2014the diaper years. We\u2019ll talk about how things had to shift for Barbara Rainey, as a wife and now as a mom, when she brought the kids home\u2014the new season of life that God had for her. That comes up tomorrow. Hope you can be here for that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I\u2019m Bob Lepine. 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