Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Marriage Mission Statement

Did you write your own wedding vows? We didn't, but I love to hear from couples who did. What did they think was important enough to include? How long did they take to write them out? Were they serious with a joke or two added in? And if they could go back and do it again, what would they say?

Good marriage vows are really like a mission statement. In her book What's it Like to Be Married to Me? Linda Dillow encourages women to write a marriage mission statement. No matter how many years it's been since you said your vows, you can continue in faithfulness (or start anew!) by being purposeful about your marriage from this day forward. A marriage mission statement can help you focus on your priorities.

Linda Dillow shares her mission statement, in the form of an acrostic spelling the word FAITHFUL.
  • I choose to Focus.
  • I choose a positive Attitude.
  • I choose deep Intimacy.
  • I choose to be Thankful.
  • I choose to be a Helper.
  • I choose to be Forgiving.
  • I choose to be Unwavering.
  • I choose a Lasting marriage.
What would you include in your marriage mission statement? I'm going to work on mine this week. Next Wednesday I'll share and have a link-up if you'd like to share too! You'll be able to write your marriage mission statement in the comments, or write a post on your own blog with your marriage mission statement and provide a link so others can be encouraged! Pray for each other as we work on these this week!  

PhotobucketSandra is the family editor for Today's Housewife. She's a pastor's wife, mom to two boys and is in the process of adopting from Ethiopia. You can see what her family is up to at Celebrate Every Day and follow her on Twitter at @SandraPeoples.
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4 comments:

  1. We didn't write our own marriage vows. But, when we renewed our vows, we wrote our own vows- it was very difficult to do-to decide what to say and how to say it; it turned out awesome and very special.
    We had originally 'eloped' due to military assignments and our families living 2000 miles apart - we renewed our vows after 7 years, 2 kids, when our families were going to be visiting at the same time. We now are 14 years and 4 kids in. :)

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  2. We didn't write our own, went with the basic, but I love this idea of a mission statement. We did that for our family, though I need to redo the presentation because it didn't go up on the wall since we moved. Maybe I could redo that one, and do one for the marriage as well. I don't know if it will get done before next Wednesday though! LOL Thanks for the great idea.

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  3. We went with partially-written vows. I found ones that I like and modified them a bit. :)

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  4. We had semi-traditional vows. We found a few versions that we liked and put together the parts that sounded good. Then we told our pastor to make sure and say, "And they were naked and knew no shame." He did and it made us laugh! :) I like this idea for a marriage mission statement. I just made a family one that is verses in the Bible that go with our last name. We haven't agreed on it yet, but maybe I'll post it on here someday too! Good idea, Sandra! Thanks for sharing!

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