In Elder Oak’s talk That We May Be One” he stated, “And at the creation of man and woman, unity for them in marriage was not given as hope, it was a command! “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh” (Gen. 2:24)”
In a marriage it is crucial for the husband and wife to cleave unto each other. It is still important for you to show love to your parents and siblings and for your spouse to love their parents, however it is more important to put your spouse first. BY doing this you can show your spouse that they are your priority.
A few months back my husband and I prayed and felt that we needed to move from Utah to Texas to pursue new career opportunities since my husband had recently graduated and there were no jobs in his major hiring in Utah due to the competitiveness of the market there. We decided that in Texas there would be more job opportunities and less competition, also we were expecting our first baby soon and wanted to raise him in Texas. We both felt so right about this decision. It came time to break the news to my in-laws who we lived close by to at the time. When we told them they were understandably sad about the news especially since we would be having their second grand baby soon. However they were tried to convince us that Texas was not where we needed to go and that we had to stay in Utah.
Thankfully my husband and I are very close with each other and put each other first. We decided to stick to our decision and move to Texas, where things have worked out how they were supposed to. I am grateful we have chosen to put each other first in our marriage.
In your own marriage how do you show to your spouse that you put them first? In what ways do you make sure they know that they are more important to you than anything?
Marriage and Family 