Sacrifice is an essential part of having a happy marriage. Being able to put your spouse’s needs as a priority. A sacrifice I have been able to make for my spouse is spending some holidays with his family. My immediate family means the world to me, which is why it is hard to spend holidays away from them. I remember my first Christmas home from my mission was also my first Christmas being married. I got home in February 2018 and got married December 2018. I had missed being away from my family for the holidays while on my mission, and was looking forward to spending that first Christmas back with my family. My husband really wanted to be with his family for Christmas, which was just a couple days after our wedding. We ended up not getting to have and honeymoon and I spent Christmas away from my family. To say I was not sad would be a lie, however I found joy in the moment. Even though I didn’t have the Christmas I had dreamed of, I was able to enjoy time with my in-laws and let my husband know he was important by sacrificing something that was important to me.
Over the past year and a few months of being married my husband and I have been able to forget about ourselves and put each other first many times. I am not going to say we are perfect at this because we aren’t, however we are continually working on it and finding opportunities to help ease one another’s burdens.
Marriage should not be about what “I want” marriage should be about love and sacrifice. This does not mean forgetting yourself and your own needs, but at times in marriage the needs of you and you spouse should both be taken into consideration. When you are able to sacrifice and serve one another it helps bring each other closer together and closer to God.
“… that ye may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.” Mosiah 2:17
By serving your spouse you are in the service of God.
Marriage and Family 