Happy Sunday y’all! I hope each of you has had an amazing weekend thus far. I don’t know about you but Sunday really is my favorite day of the week. You’re all refreshed from a little relaxing either Friday or Saturday, you’ve completed some items on your do to list, and you get to be kind of lazy today {at least that’s how I am Sunday}. Sunday’s for me are like this Church, lunch out or at home with my mom, maybe a little shopping, now that it’s nice a walk with the pup, and then the rest of the afternoon is spent on the couch watching television and blogging. I love it! What does your Sunday look like today?

Before I dive into this week’s verse, I wanted to apologize for my absence last Sunday. I was out of town visiting my sister and her family and time kind of got away from me. Next time I’ll be better prepared, promise!

“Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.” – Genesis 2:24 

This verse to me talks about the way a relationship moves forward after getting married and the responsibility of a man. Once a man and a woman become married they are to come together as one. They live together, they love together, they fight together, they forgive together, and the concur the ups and downs of life together. They are a team, they are one flesh.

The way it talks about leaving his father and mother to me means leaving the home, changing who your number one priority is. Saying that when you become married, while your family remains your family {extremely important, there for you and you are there for them} your number one priority becomes one another. When there’s an issue or something to celebrate the first person you should be discussing this with this your spouse, the person who is one with you.

What are your thoughts on this verse? How do you feel about the becoming one flesh?

Side note, here’s a little experience I had this week and wanted to share with y’all. Felt it slightly went along with this verse: 

If you follow me on twitter {@louella_reese} you may have seen this tweet. Where I talked about the response I get when I tell people that Joshua and I are waiting until we’re married to live together. Now that response isn’t a great one. For the most part I received confused faces or a response such as, “are you sure you don’t want to test the waters first?” or  simply an oh, okay. When did it become so strange for a couple to want to wait until their married to live together? I’m confused, didn’t this use to be the norm?

Now I’m not saying in ANY WAY that I don’t understand why people live together before they get married. Nor am I judging them at all because hello Joshua is my fiancé, I love him like crazy, I can never have enough time with him {I always want more} so of course I want to live with him too. I 100% get why people do it and don’t look down on them for making the decision at all!

But we made a choice. We both came into our relationship with the same thought, I don’t want to live with my significant other till we’re married. It’s just something we both strongly believed in and luckily supported each other on.

The greatest part about the tweet I sent out about the crazy looks and responses I often receive was the support from my followers and friends. From gals who have experienced the same thing and don’t understand it either! From women who have waited until marriage to live with their spouse and thought it was the greatest thing ever.

Now this might seem like a tangent and maybe it is {insert blushing emoji face here} but really what I want it to be is for other’s that are making the same decision to know you’re not crazy for doing it! It did use to be the normal thing to do and to each their own. Do what is right for you, there are others {just check out that tweet and the people that responded} that are waiting as well!

What are your thoughts on the subject?