How To Comfort Your Spouse During Hard Times

How to comfort your spouse during hard times, and how to receive comfort when it's offered. Every marriage faces trials, and in this episode Aaron and Jennifer Smith get honest about how comforting others has never come naturally to Aaron, who tends to jump to solutions or try to cheer people up too soon. Drawing on 2 Corinthians 1:3-5, they share that we are told to comfort one another, that we can comfort because God has comforted us, and that we need to rise up and go to people rather than wait to be asked. They talk about boundaries that protect your marriage when comforting others, why discernment and timing matter (Romans 12:15, Ecclesiastes 3, Proverbs 25:20), and practical ways to lift a burden, from dropping off groceries or sending a text to simply holding close and praying.