Peace at Home #04: Creating a Mission for Your Family
We’re having a guest on the blog today, and he doesn’t even know it. Sometimes, when there’s a jumble of a hundred thoughts rolling around in my own head, someone else has already figured out the words. Donald Miller - author, business leader, and the modern world’s foremost expert on storytelling - has practical steps in creating your own mission for your family.
As you’re preparing to get married, we want you to wake up each day with clarity and purpose for what you and your future spouse are here to accomplish. Once you say those “I do’s”, you’re not just committing to another person, but you’re committing to live out the same life’s purpose.
If you don’t set a course for your marriage, it’s not going to go anywhere. If you don’t have a mission in common, you’re going to follow different goals in different directions, and it will pull your relationship apart. What’s left is a gaping void - a narrative void. This is the perfect time to find your mission, create your narrative, and begin to work in harmony like never before. Enjoy!
LISTEN NOW: Donald Miller - How You and Your Family Can Live a Richer Story in 2020
If you need help finding your family’s mission, email us. We would love to guide you and your fiance or spouse through the process.
Questions to help you get started:
- What makes you angry?
- What injustice do you want to fight against?
- What are you passionate about?
- What characteristics do you need to have to accomplish this?
- What three things do I need to repeat, maybe daily, that will help me accomplish this?