Consider this: even though many of us will go in for annual checkups to assess our physical well-being, we hardly ever think about regularly assessing the health of our various relationships—how well we are relating to our friends, family, and acquaintances. Many of us aren’t well-trained to even recognize the symptoms which can signal that a relationship has been infected and needs treatment.  

The main thing I want you to take away from today’s podcast is that you can and should have a plan in place for fighting off the relational attacks which are inevitable. Instating practical preventative measures now can prevent unnecessary heartache down the road and better prepare you to love from a healthy place in every season of life.

In every relationship, both we and our loved ones bring our own personal health to the table: the good, the bad, and the ugly. It is completely natural that relationships will go through varying seasons because we as individuals go through varying seasons in our lives. Everything won’t be perfect all of the time; sometimes, for example, we or our spouse might be stressed about work or grieving the loss of a family member. Those things can’t be helped. But as we better understand ourselves and the nature of relationships, we will be better able to navigate these seasons, showing a greater love for each other through them. 

Debra Fileta, the author of Love in Every Season, helps us to understand the four different seasons that are common to every relationship we experience. Beyond defining what those seasons are, Debra explains how to practically navigate each of those seasons well. If you’ve never thought about assessing your relational health, or you feel that some of your relationships have become strained, this is an episode you will definitely want to listen to. 

Listen: our relationships will only be as strong as we are. We won’t do any good in our relationships unless we start with the planks before moving to the specks (Matthew 7:5). It doesn’t matter whether you are single, dating, engaged or married—the principles shared in this episode will be beneficial to any relationship you want to grow and develop. I hope you are helped as you listen.

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