Part 1: The Help Meet

"And the Lord God said, it is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him....And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam....and he took one of his ribs....And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a women, and brought her unto the man" (Genesis 2:18, 21-22).

So if you have been married for any amount of time, you've probably noticed that your man isn't PERFECT....every single man is a "bone fide sinner".  And your men have probably noticed by now that you are a "selfish fallen creature" as well.  Marriage is hard and it takes a lot of work to create a heavenly marriage. 

In the above verses, it states that God created women to be an help meet.  It laters says in Proverbs 18:22 that the men who find a wife find a GOOD THING and obtain FAVOR of the Lord.  Do you realize what that is saying ladies???  If you are a wife you were CREATED to do something, to fill a need, you have a purpose and you ARE A GOOD THING!!  "You are, by nature, equipped in every way to be your man's helper....You were created to make him complete, not to seek personal fulfillment parallel to him.  A women trying to function liek a man is as ridiculous as a man trying to like a women.  A unisex society is a senseless society-a society dangerously out of order."

About four thousand years after Eve was created for Adam,  Paul writes to the Corinthians "For the man is not of the woman; but the woman for the man" 1 Corinthians 11:8-9....and guess what?  2000 years after Paul's letter to the church in Corinth.....GOD HAS NOT CHANGED!!

Sometimes I don't feel like my husband "deserves" my help or my all.  He's not fulfilling my needs, so I decide not to fulfill his, but God does not say ANYTHING about what he deserves.  "Your excellence as a help meet to him may very well be God's plan for improving his leadership role in the family."
Debi goes on to tell a story about their office.  She states that her employees know a lot more about the computers, finances, and even spelling, but when she ask anyone of them to do something they do it because she is the "leader" in the office.  She states, "My place of authority does not mean I am better, it only means they are there to help me do my job--BETTER!!"
It is our jobs to learn how we can help our husbands in every way possible!!  "A virtuous women is a crown to her husband."  Proverbs 12:4


"A wise women doesn't take anything for granted.  She is thankful to be loved and seeks to make herself more lovely."

Time to Consider

This is a study page that she provides at the end of every chapter

* Make a new habit.  Think fo a way you can be a helper to your husband and start today!

* Locate the following words or traits, in the Bible, as they relate to a women of God.  Write the verses  down ans ask God to work each of these attributes into your character.

                      1.) Virute

                      2.) Graciousness

                      3.) Wisdom

                      4.) Prudence

                      5.) Goodness

*A good help meet will have a passion to be of service.  Her first calling is to be to the service of her husband, then her children, and when time affords, her passion of service will spill over to serving others.