When my husband and I were married in December of 1987, Elder Russell M. Nelson, then a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, performed our sealing in the Salt Lake Temple. He invited us to come to his office and meet with him a few days before the wedding where he gave us two very specific pieces of counsel.

The first was to pray together daily, counsel that made perfect sense to me.

The second was to always pay our tithing.

He went on to note that I had a special responsibility in that regard, because a loving husband could easily be swayed by the sentiments of his wife on matters of household spending.

We have been full tithe payers for the entirety of our marriage; but for many, many years, I wondered why President Nelson’s second piece of counsel concerned tithing rather th

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