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RE: Goals of the married couple - 11/5/2008 3:42:42 PM
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all4aremine
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Goals for my marriage is
1. Put God first in all that we do and pray for his plan
2. To raise my children to love and respect God
3. To always make each other feel respected and loved
4. To be a good mother and wife.
5. To have our house repaired from Hurricane Ike.
6. Live debt free.
7. Again to always seek God's plan
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RE: Goals of the married couple - 11/6/2008 2:04:23 AM
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Mrs.Dawgfan
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That's great all4aremine. :) What are you doing to accomplish them?
The whole purpose of this thread is for us to actively think about are marriages. Many times, couples are not aware or in tune with their marriages because they don't know what they want and have nothing specific to strive for.
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ORIGINAL: Mrs.Above_All
When we get married, we all have goals. What are/have been your goals as a married couple? And if possible, put them in order of importance.
How are you working on those goals? How did you reach them? I'd love to hear some mini testimonies. Even if it's just a few short sentences.
Goals continually birth throughout marriage. Hubby and I have been married for just over 2 months now and we have just one major goal right now.
...to have the Sabbath off together. We both want to follow the Sabbath and reap the blessings of doing so. What we are doing to get there is to pray that G-d opens the door for a change in my schedule, whether it be a new job, favor for the Sabbath off, etc... I am waiting on G-d, praying for His timing on this and at the same time, I am making a list of all possible options.
Of course there are other desires but bottom line is that having a more flexible will help us determine what's next. I find that sometimes, unless one major goal is reached, the rest won't be clear until it is reached.
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RE: Goals of the married couple - 11/7/2008 9:34:38 AM
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car2ner
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aside from the lofty goals of Being Where God Wants Us To Be and Being Who God Wants Us To Be.... we are currently trying to get my mom moved into the house next door to us. She is trying to get her home in New Hampshire sold and relocate to the warm deep south. The rental home next to us will be available once the owner gets it repaired and cleaned up. How long that will take is anyone's guess so right now we have to depend on God's timing which is always impeccable.
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RE: Goals of the married couple - 11/8/2008 4:16:33 AM
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buckifn
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well let's see...right now our goal is to get to the Smokey Mountains before sunrise!!
but in the beginning of our marriage...
1. Keep God first in our own heart, in our marriage, and in all we do.
2. Live our life together in a way that allows His love to shine through us.
3. Find new ways to serve others who are struggling.
Finances
Our goal was to pay off as much debt as possible before our marriage date.
Consolidate assets/liabilities in a way that we could come to an agreement on what to give each of our children.
We made a strong jointed effort to start fresh in the finance dept. Things like selling property, rewriting wills, life insurance, etc all were settled from the beginning.
I think that is a very important part that gets overlooked when a second marriage takes place and older children are involved.
Adult children and other family members
We spent a lot of time discussing what each of us would like to have happen in this area...things such as holiday celebrations..when, where, how much, how often, etc... what traditions are important for each of us to maintain with our kids...what new traditions would we like to begin as a blended family....
we also made it clear early on what boundaries we had- such as our scheduled vacation times, the week of our anniversay,etc
future goals
one of our biggest future goals is investing in our grandchildren...we are in total agreement that contributing to their college education is a priority for us.
retirement- agreeing on where we will buy a new house and retire there was a wonderful process..the hardest part was setting a time frame..which ended up being 2-4 yrs.
we want to make a permanent contribution to the churches we both grew up in, but haven't decided on specifics yet... leaning towards adding an additional SS room in memory of our mom's...
our biggest short term goal is MORE CLOSET SPACE!!!!!!!
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