Can you imagine how stressful that was? Just as she was establishing a new marriage relationship, she’d also need to adjust to the odd habits and quirky personality of the rest of his family. Laundry? Cooking? They’d have their own way of doing everything. Luckily, her new mother-in-law would be hovering right nearby, ready with advice for each little detail. With this in mind, consider this famous pronouncement in Genesis about marriage: That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. (Gen. 2:24 NIV)
