Having vision and a plan for you life is so important. It helps to guide and direct you throughout your day and taking the right next steps as you navigate life. Yet, when you are married, I believe having a vision for your marriage is also important, if not more. God has shown me that my marriage is about so much more than just my husband and I.
God wants to use my marriage, and yours, for His glory and as examples to the world. While He is using you, it is also important for you to have goals and vision for your marriage and be working towards them. Creating a marriage vision board is a great start to solidifying the vision and plans you have for your marriage.
Write the vision;
make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it.
Habakkuk 2:2 (ESV)
It is so easy to get caught up in just living our everyday lives and allow our marriages to just become a part of our lives, especially if you have a career and/or children. We all have visions of where we see ourselves in 5 or 10 years career-wise and where our children will be.
Even as a SAHM I have visions of what my life may look like in 5 years when my girls are prepubescent and driving Eric and I crazy. Then in 10 years, my oldest will be graduating high school and potentially be going off to college. I’m excited to see all that God has in store for me during this time and all the ways my girls will grow as well. Yet, if I’m not careful I can lose sight of my marriage in the process of all the other things going on in my life.
Why You Need A Marriage Vision Board
Creating a marriage vision board is a great way to have a visual reminder of the plans, goals, and visions you have. It helps you to come together as a couple and make sure you are on the same page. So you will both be on the same page about how you see your marriage now and where you want to go as a couple.
Can two people walk together without agreeing on the direction?
Amos 3:3 (NLT)
It also allows you to answers questions that you may have never actually asked each other. Questions like:
- What should your home life look like? Are you achieving a work-life-family balance that you both can agree on?
- What thing do you want to do just as a couple? Whether that is in ministry, taking certain trips, etc.
- What do you want your marriage to look like in 5, 10, 15 years?
These are all questions that should not really be questions in our marriages. These are things that we should know and be working toward achieving as a couple.
Your Marriage Vision Board Is Not Just For You
Having a vision for your marriage and having a marriage vision board is not just for you, but also for your children. Your marriage, the love and the commitment you have to each other is the first real example of what marriage looks like to your kids.
Your daughters will learn how to be a wife from you and learn what to look for in a husband from your husband. And your sons will learn how to be a husband from your husband and learn what to look for in a wife from you. Setting goals and having a vision for your marriage sets a great example for them. It also keeps you mindful of how important the health and growth of your marriage really is. Not just to you, but for generations to come.
Sharing your hopes, dreams, and vision for your marriage with your husband is an awesome thing. Creating a marriage vision board is not only something that can be fun, but also helps you and your husband grow closer.
If you need any help with getting started on making your own marriage vision board check out this post. Here I show you how to make a vision board and another type of vision board I think everyone should have as well.
I’d love to hear about the vision you have for your marriage
and if you have a marriage vision board in the comments!
Hey I love this idea! I had never heard about a marriage vision board before today. Love it!
I’m so glad you were able to learn about it because it can be great for your marriage for years to come, Marilyn.
I love this idea! I think this might be our valentine’s day date night activity!
This is such an amazing idea! You are so right that we get caught up in the day to day with our spouses and forget we need to nurture and have a vision for what our marriage will look like in the future. It’s easy to take it for granted but marriage is work! And we need to work at it!
I have just recently heard of the vision board idea. As a visual person, this really appeals to me. What a great idea to create one for your marriage! Thank you for sharing this.
This is an awesome idea! I would love to have a marriage vision board and a family vision board. Such a nice way to remind yourself daily what you are working towards. It would make nice decoration as well and a conversation piece.
This was such a good read, and a very good idea I would have never thought of and also is a great idea to even do together to bond more and learn more about each other
I’m so glad you love this idea too, Tola. My husband and I still update ours from time to time.
This is such a great idea and it has inspired me to make one for our bedroom. We have a family vision board in our loft but never thought about one in our room just for us. Pinning to share with our Living Our Priorities community, and as a reference for myself when I set ours up. Thank you for sharing. Stopping by from By His Grace Bloggers.
This a great idea. I love vision boards but never thought to do one for my marriage or a collective family board. We are doing these for 2018.
Thank you for sharing.
That’s awesome, Scheire! We are actually updating our this weekend.
Great idea and great Bible verses. You are so right about thinking ahead to the future – we have 5 little kids at home and life flies by, but not always with lots of time for our marriage. I love this reminder to be intentional. Thank you!
This is such an important thing – being on the same page can really help you understand one another better, too!
Yes it does, Corey. It is so amazing how many times and ways we assume we are on the same page, yet are not. This helps to get you on the same page and have fun in the process.?
Wow! This is such a great idea! These are things I try to talk to my husband about, but it would be so much easier if we had something visual that we could work on together. I really like this idea and will for sure be doing this with my husband!
This is such a great idea. I love the idea of coming up with ideas seperately then merging it into one
Thank you Ayanna! I am definitely making a marriage board.
The General Accident Company where I had been working had a Vision and a Mission statement board. If companies could be focused and goal-oriented, why not married couples and families? Intentional vision boards would be good reminders.
I totally agree, A.G.! All companies I know have a mission and goals, and so should we. ?
What an interesting idea! I love it. I am gonna have to make one of these.
Wow I could learn a thing or two from you ladies!!
I’m 25 and in my first ever relationship with an absolutely incredible and godly man. We’re taking things slowly (lots to figure out with him currently being an international student and us being from opposite sides of the world…yikes!) but with marriage as the end goal. My man is always encouraging and challenging the both of us to seeking God for ourselves personally, but also for us as a couple of getting a vision and ‘God call’ in a way, for us as a couple. I’m so much of a ‘go with the flow’ kind of girl that it’s hard for me, but also really good for me to learn to be so much more intentional.
I’m in full-time ministry and my man is at bible college and obviously our relationship is with marriage as the end goal, otherwise we wouldn’t be dating. Any advice as to a vision board equivalent that you did before you were married? What kind of goals are suitable before marriage without overstepping what’s actually appropriate?
Would love all the advice and tips I can get from such wise sounding ladies like you all!!
I love this. One of the greatest investments we make in our life, is not monetary but in relationships.
Yes, Elle, love this! We can get so caught up in thinking all of our investments have to have some monetary value. We all are rich because of our relationships.
I love this idea. I’m not married, but I definitely see how this could be beneficial to a couple. Great post.
This is a super cute idea! I am getting married in September and I’d love to create this.
Xo,
Alexandra Christine Blog
This is wonderful! My husband and I talk about these things often but have never written them down. I’m a visual person myself and feel like it would help to be a gentle reminder for both of us 🙂 An easy way to hold us both accountable!
Oh my goodness I LOVE this!!! My husband and I believe giving our kids a good marriage is one of the best gifts we can give them! Having our kids see this….. would change their whole outlook on marriage and what love is supposed to look like!
Having a vision for your marriage is important. This Marriage Vision Board sounds like a fantastic idea. Thanks for sharing.
I love, love, love this idea! I want to make one for myself and my family as well.
What a great idea! I would have never thought of this. I could really see this bringing us closer together, thanks for sharing.
This is seriously such a good idea. We have to make an intentional effort to focus on our marriages, especially when there are littles running around everywhere!
I love this idea! My husband and I did a Vision List a couple of years ago and even though we didn’t have the visual pictures it was great getting up and being on the same page with our goals for the year! I love the part about it not being for you but also for your children to see you working together…the little ones are always watching! Great Idea!!!
I’ve wanted to do one with my husband for the longest, but we haven’t gotten around to it. where did you get that framed cork board?
What a phenomenal idea! My hubby and I have worked together but on separate vision boards in the past. Now, I think we will do one together! You rock, queen!
I love this! Hubby and I do vision boards with our teens and we have a family one but we never did one for our marriage. We will definitely do this!
I absolutely love this idea! We have a lot of goals for this year that we want to accomplish together, and it would be great to see all them and truly manifest them into our lives!
We have never done a marriage vision board but we have a family plan that had goals for our marriage on it. I firmly believe in planning a marriage and not just a wedding.
That’s awesome, Anitra! When having kids, your family plan and your marriage plan are usually closely connected. Planning for them together is great.
Never thought of this but sounds like a good date night in the house. I’ll have to share with the hubs!
Awesome, Kenya. It is a fun date night in activity and it helps you to grow closer as well. Win-Win! 😉
This is truly a great idea! I never thought how important and beneficial this could be.
Thanks, Donna. Making a marriage vision board has definitely helped my hubby and I grow closer and understand each other a little more.
We just wrote our goals and dreams out but I absolutely love the idea of the vision board!!!
That’s awesome, Patrica! Add a few pictures that inspire you and you have your vision board. 😉
I’m not married but I love doing and seeing vision boards. They help to keep us accountable and remained focused on the vision. Here’s to 2017 bringing me love and a husband to do a vision board with!
I have a family of 3 and we always do a vision board. On New Years Eve we all wrote down 17 goals or self-improvements we want to achieve for the year and it’s hanging on our wall. We had a great time making it and listening to our individual goals. We promised to help each other achieve these goals as well.
Great reminder and good message. Thank you!!
We have a vision board! It has a lot of those things on it! Love this idea for marriages. We do it when we’re single so why not when we’re married?
Great idea. Great conversation piece. Definitely worth considering.
Amen to this. I think that this is such a wonderful message that you are speaking about marriage. And the vision board is a good idea.
What a great idea! Although creating a vision board is something I’d love to do this year, I would have never thought of creating one for my marriage. Definitely something fun to work on, thanks so much for the tips!
I have never even thought to do a marriage vision board! What a great idea!! I had thought about doing one for myself (never actually done one on my own either), but considering we do life together it would make so much more sense to start with that!! Great post!