Viewing marriage as a work in progress helps me remember that we are in this together, he and I. It’s important to note that I could not be a stay-at-home mom without him. We are a partnership, splitting the work of a house and family, sharing in this effort, not doing the same jobs each day, but each playing a vital role for the other. It’s balance…or our attempt to get there.

Despite my best attempts at trying to be positive, I fail miserably. I need some inspiration some days to remind me how worth it the work is that I need to put into my marriage.

When You Need to Work on Your Marriage

Caroline of The Joyful Keeper has a heart for encouraging women to embrace their God-given role as keepers of the home. I absolutely love her faith-based devotional posts about being a stay-at-home mom and working to not only grow as a woman but also letting faith guide marriage. She has written pretty extensively on marriage, and as a woman with 9 children and a marriage that is working, I’d say she has some great thoughts worth reading. (I think it is hard enough keeping a focus on my marriage with 4 little ones!)