Adam, Eve, & Relationships: Leave, Cleave, & One Flesh p11

Leave, Cleave, and One Flesh: part 11

God morning! Welcome to the Spanduvilous Dailies with me, David Mitchell on this January 18, 2010. Today we start the final week on Adam, Eve, and Relationships. This week we our topic is relationship. And we will be starting of with a great scripture from Genesis 2:24 KJV that states that:

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Now out of that 1 little simple passage, 3 huge points were made and these points will help you to sustain your relationships. The first thing that I noticed is that it said he left his father and mother. So that means after you leave your parent’s home that you now have your own. You are building a new home with your wife and that both parties should keep their parents out of their relationship. I mean either parties parents should not be making any decisions about YOUR household. Those decisions are to be made by the head of the house with the input of his wife. Because if that mother or father is making decisions in your household the are basically still residing in the household and ultimately you did not leave. There can only be 1 head of the house hold not 2 or 3. of course after God. Your household has only become an extension of theirs.

The Second thing I noticed is that it said cleave unto your wife. I looked up what exactly did cleave mean. It states that cleave is to :

cling faithfully to somebody or something, to cling closely, steadfastly, or faithfully to somebody or something.

That says it all. Cling; hold onto faithfully to your wife. Steadfastly weather the storms of the relationship and not just jump ship from the first sign of trouble. So when you say for richer or poorer or through sickness and health, make sure you truly mean it. If that person is bad with finances and you truly loose everything, remember that you made a promise before God to stay with that person. Don’t use divorce as a cop out.

And the final thing I noticed is that it said they shall be one flesh. That means that that relationship is to operate as a team; one unit. WE have to remember that the every team has strengths and weaknesses. By accepting that person into your life you accepted their good qualities along with their flaws. Now the trick to that cohesiveness and know how to have those parts work together is how the team will succeed and the relationship sustained. Please read Genesis 2:24 KJV

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.