Making Room for Her: Biblical Wisdom for a Healthier Relationship with Your Mother-In-Law or Daughter-In-Law

Maybe you’re a bride-to-be who is about to gain a mother-in-law. Or perhaps you’re a mother-of-the-groom who is about to gain a daughter-in-law. Or maybe you’ve been in an in-law relationship for decades, one that’s been struggling in painful tension for years. No matter your age or stage, every daughter-in-law and mother-in-law needs help navigating their relationship sometimes.   Whether the struggle is one of feeling unseen, unheard, or unvalued, authors and in-laws Barbara and Stacy Reaoch have been there, and as they’ve put the Bible’s wisdom to practice over the years, they’ve found that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law really can thrive in the midst of difficulty.   In this biblical, practical, and heartfelt book, Barbara and Stacy Reaoch share from their own 20 years of forming a mother-in-law/daughter-in-law bond. As you walk alongside them in their own journey and lessons learned, prepare to be encouraged and equipped in these areas: ExpectationsConflictSufferingCommunicationParentingAnd more With the Bible as your foundation and this book as a helpful companion in the journey, take heart: a healthier relationship with your mother-in-law or daughter-in-law is closer than you think!   Review “How many in-law relationships suffer from hurt and unmet expectations? Barbara and Stacy Reaoch have not only shed light on the hard issues, but they have also nailed both the spiritual and practical paths toward a God-glorifying mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationship. A combination of thought-provoking questions and gospel-driven counsel and hope will encourage every mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in loving connections that will help them, as it has helped me. Thank you, Barbara and Stacy, for writing this book that will impact many families for good.”    -Susie Rowan, Retired Executive Director/CEO Bible Study Fellowship  It takes courage and compassion to write about in-law relationships, and Stacy and Barbara Reaoch have managed to demonstrate both. As a daughter-in-law and the mother of three teenage boys, I read Making Room for Her hoping to gain wisdom for both sides of the in-law relationship. I was not disappointed. Stacy and Barbara have provided a biblical framework, practical help, and-perhaps best of all-real-life in-law stories. This book helped me to see that my own story is just one of the many family stories that God can use for his glory and our good; it helped me to understand my own mother-in-law’s situation better; and it helped me to anticipate the ways I may be able to serve any future daughters-in-law.  -Megan Hill, author, editor at The Gospel Coalition, pastors’ wife, mother   “She. Her. Sometimes it’s too awkward, too strained, too painful to even say her name. Your mother-in-law. Or, your daughter-in-law. How can two women who love the same man have such problems? Well, because they love the same man. I suspect no in-law pairing is as often weighed down with frustrations and griefs as this one. Let Stacy and Barbara help you come humbly before Jesus in this trickiest of all in-law dynamics. Stacy and Barbara both have found grace in the balm of Christ, and share from their own hurts and disappointments, and from their healing and hope, for MILs and DILs alike.”   -David Mathis, senior teacher, desiringGod.org; author of Habits of Grace: Enjoying Jesus through the Spiritual Disciplines   We have never seen a book on the mother-in-law and daughter -in-law relationship, but this book is a must read for that relationship, and honestly, it applies to many other relationships as well.  The book is stocked with practical wisdom rooted in the Scriptures, and that wisdom is both convicting and encouraging. The Reaochs remind us repeatedly that we are called to love, and that love is forged in the anvil of close relationships, especially family relationships. This book isn't a moralistic call to virtue but is bathed in the gospel since the authors return often to th