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Ted reminds couples to enjoy themselves in the midst of life's ups and downs.","meta_box":{"show_notes":"","transcript_url":"https:\/\/transcript.familylifetoday.com\/fl2017-10-03.pdf","transcript_content":"<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Ted and Amy Cunningham used to get into conflict about where he should park at the mall until they decided just to let it go.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ted: <\/strong>I told her\u2014I said: \u201cAmy, listen, there\u2019s just not a lot of adventure left for men in the world anymore. Let me find my <em>own<\/em> parking space. I just want to find my own parking space.\u201d\u00a0 I said, \u201cWhen we pull into the mall\u2014I don\u2019t know why God designed it this way\u2014but when you even look at a spot, it automatically disqualifies that spot. I can\u2019t park there. I\u2019m not allowed to park there. I have to go find my own spot.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, what she does\u2014and I love this\u2014I pull 20 spaces down. She leans over, and she starts massaging my bicep. See, we are enjoying this\u2014she\u2019ll look at me and say, \u201cYou did this all by yourself!\u201d \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 Tuesday, October 3<sup>rd<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I\u2019m Bob Lepine. You know some of those little things that bug you in your marriage?\u00a0 Well, as it turns out, those could be a source of a lot of fun. \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\tWe\u2019ll talk about how to make that happen today. Stay tuned. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us on this Tuesday edition. Has anybody ever described you\u2014that you know of\u2014as being a fun-loving person?\u00a0 Does that\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Oh, yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014phrase come up?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>In fact, I\u2019ve got a lot in common with our guest on the broadcast today\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Really?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014because I\u2019ve told Barbara recently\u2014I said, \u201cYou know, one of my favorite things to do in your life is to bring a smile to your face.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd our guest on the broadcast has written a book called <em>Fun Loving You<\/em>. Ted Cunningham joins us today. Welcome back!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDon\u2019t you enjoy making Amy smile and laugh?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ted:<\/strong> It\u2019s the number one priority before I leave the house every day.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Give them the story about how you try on clothes. [Laughter] I mean, I tried\u2014I tried to picture this!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ted:<\/strong> You could do this, Dennis.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I\u2019ve done it. No! No! I just didn\u2019t quite have the same posture as you had, but go ahead and share it with us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ted:<\/strong> Well, you have to\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I think\u2014I think this is allowed on Christian radio.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ted:<\/strong> So, I\u2019ll come out and I model for her\u2014and in New York runway fashion kind of way\u2014throw my head back\u2014and then, you have to get creative \/ you have to find new moves. It\u2019s worked\u2014I\u2019ve been able to do it\u2014she doesn\u2019t laugh every time \/ there are some times she laughs. The problem is\u2014I have a nine-year-old son who is now doing this \/ doesn\u2019t fully understand\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014the implications!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ted:<\/strong> \u2014doesn\u2019t know what I\u2019m doing. Smile\/laugh\u2014and it\u2019s an <em>image<\/em> she carries the rest of the day.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Oh, my goodness!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ted:<\/strong> That\u2019s scary!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> That thought\u2014that\u2019s scary!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ted:<\/strong> She keeps it the rest of the day.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Well,Ted is a pastor. I think you\u2019d <em>love<\/em> to go to his church in Branson, Missouri\u2014it is Woodland Hills Family Church. It\u2019s probably the <em>only<\/em> church that has a rollercoaster on its property. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Maybe the only church in America!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ted: <\/strong>No, there is one other church, and we formed a network. And there\u2019s\u2014it\u2019s a theme-park church network. [Laughter]\u00a0 \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>Bob: <\/strong>New denomination. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>If you get to Branson, you\u2019ve got to stop in at Woodland Hills Family Church. I want you to share with our listeners your FLY principle. That\u2019s just a good way to start the broadcast\u2014FLY. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ted: <\/strong>Fun-Loving-You. We have a \u201cFun Loving You\u201d list that we keep on each other, and it is a couple pages long. We got this, years ago, from Gary Smalley\u2019s honor list. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, Amy and I\u2014because we <em>enjoy<\/em> life together\u2014so, this is Ecclesiastes 9:7-9. I love the Book of Ecclesiastes: Chapter 1\u2014life is hard; Chapter 12\u2014then, you die. I mean, these are the bookends of Ecclesiastes. A lot of people avoid it, thinking, \u201cDark\/pessimistic book\u201d; but what Solomon is doing, throughout that whole book, is painting a picture of the grind. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLife is a grind\u2014it\u2019s difficult \/ it\u2019s challenging. \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\tPsalm 90, verse 10, says, \u201cYou have 70 years in this grind \/ 80 if you are strong,\u201d\u2014and\u2014\u201cThose years are filled with\u201d\u2014what?\u2014\u201csorrow and anguish\u201d\u2014difficulty\/pain. The word, toilsome, is used\u2014I mean, it is gruesome. The grind can be so difficult\u2014doesn\u2019t matter how much money you make \/ you can\u2019t buy your way out of it. Doesn\u2019t matter how many degrees you get \/ you can\u2019t outsmart it. We\u2019re in the grind\u2014all the way until the end. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut I love the nugget in the middle of Ecclesiastes that I just don\u2019t hear a lot of pastors preaching on it or teachers teaching on it\u2014it\u2019s Ecclesiastes 9:7-9\u2014it says this: \u201cEat your food with gladness. Drink your wine with a joyful heart for now God favors what you do. Always be clothed in white. Anoint your head with oil.\u201d It\u2019s speaking of joy, and festivity, and enjoying life. And I love verse 9\u2014it says I don\u2019t have to trade all of that joy, and festivity, and enjoying life when I get married. I don\u2019t have to trade it in. I can do both; because Ecclesiastes 9:9 says, \u201cEnjoy life with your wife whom you love all your meaningless days that God has given you under the sun.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen I go to churches that don\u2019t have open Bibles, I always misquote that verse on purpose. I\u2019ll say\u2014after I read verses 7 and 8, I\u2019ll go: \u201cNow, look at verse 9. [Speaking with a heavy tone]: \u2018Endure life with your wife all your miserable days.\u2019\u201d\u00a0 And I\u2019ll get, \u201cHmm, that\u2019s good. That\u2019s good.\u201d\u00a0 I\u2019ll get amen\u2019d. [Laughter] And I\u2019ll have to say: \u201cThat\u2019s not what it says!\u00a0 But that\u2019s what we think it should say.\u201d We make the decision to enjoy life together in the midst of the grind. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, we\u2019ve compiled a list\u2014I have one\u2014all of the reasons why it\u2019s fun loving Amy Cunningham. She has a list of all the reasons why it is fun loving Ted Cunningham\u2014because <em>again<\/em>, these are decisions we make in the grind. I can\u2019t get out of the grind, but the blessing is I get to make decisions every day <em>in it<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>So, give us a couple of your\u2014that are on your FLY list. \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>Ted: <\/strong>Okay; so, first seven\/eight years of marriage <em>frustrated<\/em> me\u2014not anymore. I told her\u2014I said: \u201cAmy, listen, just not a lot of adventure left for men in the world anymore. Let me find my <em>own<\/em> parking space. I just want to find my own parking space.\u201d\u00a0 I said: \u201cWhen we pull into the mall\u2014I don\u2019t know why God designed it this way\u2014but when you even look at a spot, it automatically disqualifies that spot. I can\u2019t park there. I\u2019m not allowed to park there. I have to go find my own spot.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd she used to\u2014years when we were plugged into one another as a source of life\u2014she would look at me and be like: \u201cYou stubborn, stubborn man!\u00a0 Why can\u2019t you just go with this good spot that I showed you?\u201d\u00a0 I\u2019d pull 20 spaces down\u2014\u201cNo, I\u2019m pulling into\u2026\u201d Now, what she does\u2014and I love this\u2014I pull 20 spaces down. She leans over, and she starts massaging my bicep\u2014see, we are enjoying this. She\u2019ll look at me; and she\u2019ll say, \u201cYou did this all by yourself!\u201d\u00a0 [Laughter]\u00a0 And I\u2019ll say, \u201cI sure did.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd what I caught her doing <em>last<\/em> year\u2014she knows those Andes candies mints\u2014I mean, I can eat <em>boxes<\/em> of those at a time\u2014they are not good for me. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>The chocolate with the green in the middle\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>Ted: <\/strong>The chocolate with the green in the middle. They are so fantastic. And I caught her in the parking lot\u2014she had a <em>bag<\/em> of them in her purse. She keeps them there, now, for when I do something good; okay?\u00a0 [Laughter]\u00a0 She pulled one out, and she handed it to me. While I\u2019m unwrapping it, I realize: \u201cMy wife just gave me a treat!\u201d\u2014right?\u00a0 \u201cShe is rewarding my good behavior.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You do this with kids and dogs; don\u2019t you? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ted: <\/strong>Yes. But we just\u2014we <em>laugh<\/em> about that\u2014things that a lot of couples get stuck with. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tShe thinks I\u2019m an expert on everything. I love when we are driving down the road. It used to frustrate <em>me<\/em> when she would say, \u201cWhat are they doing here?\u201d at a construction site. And I\u2019d be like: \u201cI have no idea!\u00a0 I\u2019m not involved in any of this decision-making with this construction.\u201d But now, I totally make it up; and I just go with it. I\u2019m like: \u201cI told the boys: \u2018Rip it up. We\u2019re going to put down new pipes,\u2019\u201d\u2014and we just go with it instead of allowing things to eat away at us and frustrate us. We\u2019ve decided everything\u2014potentially frustrating in our marriage\u2014we are going to find a way to enjoy it. \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\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You know, for years, as we\u2019ve talked with couples about marriage\u2014and we talk about this in our <em>Art of Marriage<\/em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup> video series\u2014the differences between us, as men and women \/ as husbands and wives\u2014our personality differences \/ our gender differences\u2014all of that can be a source of irritation and frustration; or we can just recognize: \u201cDifferent doesn\u2019t mean bad. It means different.\u201d You\u2019ve gone from just accepting differences to celebrating and having fun with differences\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ted: <\/strong>A <em>blast<\/em>\u2014we have a blast with them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014and it\u2019s our perspective on those differences that can be transformative; isn\u2019t it?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ted: <\/strong>Oh, and I mean, she, all the time\u2014I\u2019ll come in the bathroom, after she\u2019s used the curling iron. I mean, for years, anytime\u2014if I got within five feet of the curling iron, she would be like, \u201cYOU GOT TO GET BACK!\u201d\u00a0 I\u2019d be like, \u201cHoney, when was the last time I picked up your curling iron?\u201d\u2014I said. But now, when I go into the bathroom, I act like I\u2019m going to pick up her\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You pretend. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ted: <\/strong>Yes. I\u2019m going to\u2014and so, <em>again<\/em>, we just take everything\u2014we couldn\u2019t even watch movies together because, for me, watching a movie means you sit down and you watch the movie. For her, it means you read a magazine, surf Pinterest, and you do four other things\u2014which puts all the pressure of watching the movie on me. [Laughter] If it says on the bottom of the screen, \u201cSix years later,\u201d I\u2019ve got to keep her up to date with everything going on in the movie. \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\tSomething will happen; and she\u2019ll go, \u201cAhh, what just happened?!\u201d\u00a0 I\u2019ll be like, \u201cAHHH!\u201d\u2014I mean, so frustrated. I\u2019d be like: \u201cOkay, here is what happened. A big piece of metal broke off the space shuttle. It hit the space station. They\u2019re now stuck.\u201d\u00a0 And she\u2019s like, \u201cWell, what are they going to do?\u201d\u00a0 I\u2019m like: \u201cI have no idea!\u00a0 I\u2019m not an astronaut; but I bet if we watch the rest of the movie, we will learn how to fix the space shuttle the next time we need that information.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, <em>whatever<\/em> it is\u2014in the car, at home, parenting styles\u2014I mean, all of it. I mean, we have stories with all of it\u2014but we just take\u2014and when we find a new frustration\u2014because I love doing this with couples in counseling: \u201cHey, write down five things that are fun, just the two of you together\u2014you just really enjoy.\u201d\u00a0 When a couple is stuck in the grind\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u201cI can\u2019t think of anything.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ted: <\/strong>\u2014they can\u2019t think of <em>one<\/em>. \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<strong>10.00<\/strong> \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ted: <\/strong>\u201cWrite down <em>one<\/em>\u2014now, just one thing that you just, every time you think about it \/ when it comes to him, you laugh or puts a smile on your face.\u201d\u00a0 Well, when a couple is stuck, they can\u2019t think of any. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, I\u2019ve found it easier to start with \u201cWrite down something that is just frustrating and has been your entire marriage with your husband or with your wife.\u201d\u00a0 Then, they can start the list. I have more fun pastoral counseling with this\u2014where you just start at number one on the list. You help them make decisions how to enjoy that frustration and that irritation. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And kind of relearn it\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ted: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014again, because the grind will suck the life out of you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ted: <\/strong>That\u2019s right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You ran across a couple in Arizona who had a t-shirt called\u2014was it the \u201cMudders?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>The \u201cTough Mudders.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u201cTough Mudders\u201d?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ted: <\/strong>\u201cTough Mudders\u201d\u2014yes. We were having dinner, as a family, at a restaurant. I saw this\u2014I\u2019d say this middle-aged couple\u2014\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\t\u2014and he was wrapping himself up with bandages. They looked worn out and a mess, but they were <em>laughing<\/em> and having fun. I kind of live by this principle out of the Song of Solomon that \u201cEvery marriage is a duet\u201d\u2014right?\u2014singing back and forth\u2014\u201cin need of great backup singers.\u201d\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<strong>11.00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ted: <\/strong>So, the backup singers are the daughters of Jerusalem in the Song of Solomon. Every time you read them in the Song of Solomon, they are advocates for marriage \/ not just a spouse. I think that is a big problem we have today, especially with in-laws. We have too many mother-in-laws and father-in-laws that are backing up their child and not the marriage. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, whenever I see a couple, in love and having fun together in public, it\u2019s a field trip. I take my kids over to them\u2014I just give brief interview of them. I want my kids to hear: \u201cWhy are you two enjoying\u2026\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, our family watched this couple, having a ball, from across the restaurant. I finally went up to them and said\u2014I couldn\u2019t see the \u201cTough Mudders\u201d shirt on them at the time. I knew they were kind of matching in what they were wearing, and I just went up to them and said\u2014like I do a lot: \u201cMan, you guys are having a ball together. You guys are laughing together \/ you are having fun. What in the world is going on?\u00a0 Why are you having so much fun?\u201d\u00a0 \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\tAnd he said, \u201cWe just finished the Tough Mudder.\u201d\u00a0 Now, if a listener doesn\u2019t know what the Tough Mudder is\u2014it\u2019s kind of like a mini-marathon but with all these crazy events. You get shocked with like a little electrocution-thing\u2014you go down through water, and under barbed wire, and over fences. And this couple said: \u201cIt was the worst thing we\u2019ve ever done in our married life. We are in pain. We were both concerned we wouldn\u2019t be able to make the living the next week\u2014I mean, this is how rough this thing is. Now, we are sitting here\u2026\u201d\u2014and they probably went for weeks or months off of that one morning in Gilbert, Arizona, outside of Phoenix, <em>enjoying<\/em> life together and the stories they have with it. \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 think the sadness for me today is watching couples just living in that frustration, and that bitterness, and that anger. They don\u2019t understand that they can decide their way out of that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You said something really interesting. You said they probably went for weeks or months off that one morning. These islands of fun in a relationship kind of go into a storage tank that we can draw out of\u2014\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>Ted: <\/strong>Absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014for a period of time; don\u2019t they?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ted: <\/strong>Whenever I work with a couple\u2014and I did just a few weeks ago, at a family camp\u2014their marriage was hit by cancer, their marriage was hit by the loss of a child, their marriage was hit by the loss of a job, their marriage was hit by what could be the loss of their home. I sat down with them, and my heart was breaking. The more they shared their story\u2014I\u2019m just going: \u201cOh, where do we start?\u00a0 Where do we start?\u00a0 Where do we start?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI said: \u201cBut here is the problem: Cancer, loss of home, loss of job, loss of child\u2014in the midst of this \/ as painful as this is\u2014this is what the Scripture clearly points to as the grind. This hits us all. We all have stories of health issues. We all have stories of loss in our family, and pain, and difficulty.\u201d\u00a0 But I said: \u201cYou can\u2019t put your marriage in there. You can\u2019t put your marriage\u2014because you are teammates. Right now, your marriage is in the midst of that grind. You placed your marriage in there, and you can\u2019t remove your marriage. The problem is you are both wearing different jerseys\u2014you\u2019re not on the same team right now.\u201d \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>Bob: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ted: <\/strong>And I said: \u201cI want to help you. I want to pastor you through all of this pain right here.\u201d\u00a0 But I said, \u201cI can\u2019t do that until you are teammates.\u201d\u00a0 I think they started to get that because that\u2019s Ecclesiastes 9:7-9, \u201cEnjoy life with your wife in the midst of the grind for this is your lot in life.\u201d\u00a0 You <em>have<\/em> to be a team. You have to make that decision because\u2014guess what?\u2014more is going to be added to this grind. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAmy and I have decided that we\u2019ve got <em>plenty<\/em> of challenges ahead of us\u2014plenty of hard times, and pain, and loss, and trials ahead of us. The decision we\u2019ve made is: \u201cWe are going to be a team no matter what the grind throws us.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>What you described, a bit earlier, as you were going through the barbed wire, and the mud, and climbing through it together, and getting bruises and scrapes in the process, I was thinking, \u201cThat sounds like war.\u201d\u00a0 Truthfully, we are in a spiritual battle. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ted: <\/strong>Yes.\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>Dennis: <\/strong>There is a war taking place that is unseen around us. If you don\u2019t build some islands or oases in your marriage\u2014you know, a place of refuge \/ a place to be refreshed and be renewed in your relationship\u2014you end up standing up in the foxhole and duking it out with each other\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ted: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014and forgetting the fact that your mate isn\u2019t your enemy, and that you have a common enemy together, and that you need to refresh that marriage on an ongoing basis. You have kind of a concept you talk about of getaways\u2014a daily getaway, a weekly, and then annual getaways\u2014for you and Amy. Explain what you mean, and then, coach some folks on how to do that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ted: <\/strong>Yes; I was invited\u2014one of the leaders in our church is Joe White with Kanakuk Camps. He sat me down one day; and he said: \u201cListen, you\u2019ve got to have <em>three<\/em> getaways in your marriage if you are going to survive ministry \/ if you\u2019re going to survive life. And it needs to be a daily delay, a weekly withdrawal, and an annual abandon.\u201d \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\tThese are all found in the Song of Solomon. The daily delay is in or around your home\u2014it\u2019s in Chapter 1, verses 12-17. It\u2019s the En-Gedi\u2014it\u2019s creating an oasis\u2014making your home an oasis in the midst of the grind, where you can get alone\u201415\/20 minutes a day, sometimes, is all it is\u2014where we\u2019re connected: eye to eye, distraction-free, phones down \/ TV off. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFor Amy and [me], it\u2019s, a lot of times, right before dinner \/ it is right after dinner. We\u2019ll do family devotions, as a family, and then, dismiss the kids\u2014they clear the table\u2014and Amy and I will stay there for another few minutes and drink a cup of coffee. So, we have to have that time every day. And again, we talked about safety\u2014we want those to be safe times\u2014we don\u2019t have to discuss budgets \/ we don\u2019t have to discuss the kids.\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\tWe put in this book hundreds, and hundreds, and hundreds of questions \/ conversation-starters\u2014fill-in-the-blanks\u2014because what we\u2019ve discovered, with a lot of couples, when they do have that 15 to 20 minutes, it\u2019s so routine. It is so script-driven that they have the same conversation over, and over, and over, and over again\u2014like a movie actor memorizing lines and showing up to the set\u2014that\u2019s what these daily delays feel like. So, we\u2019ve put a lot of helps in the book to help someone break out of that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, when the wife says, \u201cSo, what was your day like?\u201d\u00a0 And you say, \u201cI was in a bunch of meetings.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ted: <\/strong>\u201cGood. Yes; it was good.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u201cWe\u2019re done now; right?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ted: <\/strong>\u201cWe\u2019re done now.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cThese are three places to travel after the kids leave home,\u201d \u201cOne restaurant in New York that you\u2019ve heard about or seen on the Food Network that you\u2019d love to visit sometime. We can plan that.\u201d\u00a0 I think that\u2019s what is missing in a lot of marriages\u2014is anticipation\u2014picturing a special future. We\u2019ve found that planning something breeds life into our marriage, even if we never do it\u2014just talking about it, dreaming about it, playing and laughing together about it is so valuable. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd then, the weekly withdrawal\u2014this is in the Song of Solomon, Chapter 2\u2014where he comes to get her and says, \u201cCome away with me.\u201d \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\tSo, now, this is somewhere <em>outside<\/em> of your home\u2014away from your home but in town. This is our date night\u2014and <em>so <\/em>important. We try to guard it. We don\u2019t want any difficult strong conversations. We want those to be taken care of throughout the day so, when we go, we just unwind. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd what we\u2019ve found\u2014there was a gentleman at the table next to us. We just engaged with him. We were able to have conversation\u2014and new to our town \/ about a week-and-a-half\u2014inviting him to church\u2014just spending time <em>away<\/em> from the routine. And in our town, it can be kind of difficult. We are a small town with 10,000 people inside the heart of Branson. So, we know most people when we go places to eat, or shop, or whatever. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut then, in Chapter 7 of the Song of Solomon is the annual abandon. This is where we need time away from this city. \u201cSo, come away with me.\u201d\u00a0 She says, \u201cLet\u2019s go to the countryside,\u201d\u2014this is the Shulamite bride inviting Solomon away. We have found those to be a <em>huge<\/em> blessing in our marriage to where we plan an overnight\u2014two- or three-day\u2014getaway\u2014 \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>Bob: <\/strong>Away from your kids?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ted: <\/strong>\u2014away from the kids. That\u2019s the number one reason people don\u2019t take date nights or the annual abandon\u2014is because: \u201cWe have kids and no money.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes; so, what do you do with kids and no money for date night or annual abandon?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ted: <\/strong>Kid co-op is what I call it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ted: <\/strong>You\u2019ve got to get family and friends involved. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ted: <\/strong>We are blessed to have both sets of grandparents\u2014retired down to Branson, Missouri. So, that helps <em>us<\/em>. If I could just add here: \u201cEvery marriage is a duet in need of great backup singers.\u201d\u00a0 Grandma and Grandpa make <em>great<\/em> backup singers \/ they make <em>fantastic<\/em> backup singers. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou want your children to have great marriages. I tell my parents: \u201cI don\u2019t really need gifts anymore at Christmas or birthday.\u201d\u00a0 My parents are well into that stage of life where, every time I leave the house now, I leave with a box of something because they are tired of stuff. \u201cWhy don\u2019t we exchange great relationships?\u201d\u00a0 We\u2019ve heard a lot of great stories about this\u2014where grandparents are <em>gifting<\/em> their children, at Christmas, weekends at the grandparents\u2019 house. \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\tI just think there is a <em>bunch<\/em> of ways to get creative with supporting the marriages of your children. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are blessed with parents who want Amy and [me] to have a great marriage. And the greatest gift your child, as a mom and dad\u2014who love each other, and care for each other, and enjoy each other\u2014you need to get away and get your love jug \/ your love tank filled back up so you can come home and have something to give. So, give those weekend getaways. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Only a guy from the Ozarks would call it a love jug. [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>That\u2019s because he has worked with one from the Ozarks for so many years. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ted: <\/strong>You make music with them and everything. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>The end of Song of Solomon\u2014there at the end of Chapter 7\u2014it says: \u201cCome my beloved, let us go out into the fields and lodge in the villages. Let us go out early into the vineyards and see whether the vines have budded\u2014whether the grape blossoms have opened and the pomegranates are in bloom. There I will give you my love.\u201d Now, that\u2019s a picnic!\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>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: T<\/strong>hat sounds like more than a picnic to me\u2014that sounds like a <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup>. [Laughter] It sounds like\u2014it sounds like a couple getting away for a <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em> marriage getaway. I mean, part of what happens at a <em>Weekend to Remember <\/em>is\u2014you do get some time together\u2014you get a date night \/ you get an opportunity to reconnect, as a couple. The <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em> is a fun romantic getaway for couples; and in the middle of it all, you are soaking in what the Bible teaches about God\u2019s design for marriage and family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019re in the middle of our <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em> getaway season this fall\u2014we\u2019ve got getaways happening in cities all across the country. In fact, this weekend, we had a getaway happening in Augusta, Georgia. Then throughout the fall, we will have getaways taking place all across the country. A month from now, I\u2019m going to be in Parsippany, New Jersey, for our getaway there. \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\tFind out more about when one of these getaways is coming to a city near you and plan to be there for a <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em>. You\u2019ll find out more, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can call if you have any questions\u20141-800-FL-TODAY is our number. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFind out more about Ted Cunningham\u2019s book, which is called <em>Fun Loving You<\/em>. It\u2019s also available, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com. You can order the book from us online or you can call to order. Again, the website is FamilyLifeToday.com; or call 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY,\u201d\u20141-800-358-6329.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, we believe that what makes a culture strong, what makes churches strong, what makes a society strong, is when marriages and families are strong. It\u2019s been attributed to Abraham Lincoln\u2014the statement that: \u201cThe health of a nation lies in the homes of its people.\u201d Whether he said that or not, it\u2019s true. \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\tHere, at FamilyLife, our desire is to effectively develop godly marriages and families; because we believe that godly marriages and families are what can change the world. Every time you partner with us in this ministry\u2014every time you make a donation to support FamilyLife\u2014what you\u2019re doing is extending the reach of this ministry. Your donation takes this message to more people, more often; and we\u2019re grateful for that partnership to expand the outreach of FamilyLife through your donations. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn fact, right now, if you are able to make a donation, we\u2019d love to express our thanks by sending you Dennis Rainey\u2019s new book, which is called <em>Choosing a Life That Matters<\/em>. It\u2019s all about the choices that we face and how the right choices can help lay a foundation for everything else in our lives. Ask for your copy of the book, <em>Choosing a Life That Matters, <\/em>when you make a donation at FamilyLifeToday.com or when you call 1-800-FL-TODAY. Or you can mail your donation to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; and our zip code is 72223.\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\tNow, tomorrow, we want to talk about the link \/ the correlation that exists between oneness in a marriage relationship and oneness between a creature and his Creator. We\u2019ll talk about that with our guest, Ted Cunningham, tomorrow. I hope you can be back for that. \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. 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