It has been a little over twenty four hours since my wife Sarah made it back home to North Carolina. Without counting the days, I think it was close to five weeks that we were apart, although there were about four days where we actually got to see each other. Needless to say, it was a tough and trying time for us.
I can't tell you how great it was to lie down together last night. It was wonderful to see her in the chair across the room. It was great of her to finish my laundry, walk and feed the dog and to do some things around the house. None of these things are her duty, nor do I require her to do them, but it was nice to not have to do those things tonight. Which brings me to this....
God said in the book of Genesis that He would "Make a helper suitable" for Adam. I am so thankful for Sarah's help. It was much needed and appreciated. It was nice to have someone to help me with the things that I needed done. It was great to have my helper helping.
Today, take the time to thank God for the person He has placed in your life in order to help you along the way. Thank God for sending someone to be a helper. Ask Him how you can better help your mate. This is not a one way street and we should be just as eager to help them with whatever they need.
If you don't have that person in your life, pray that God would prepare you for that person. Pray that He will prepare you with every tool, skill and character trait necessary to love that person unconditionally. Instead of praying to find the one, pray that He will make you into "The One".
Genesis 2:18-25
18The LORD God said, "It isn't good for the man to live alone. I need to make a suitable partner for him." 19-20So the LORD took some soil and made animals and birds. He brought them to the man to see what names he would give each of them. Then the man named the tame animals and the birds and the wild animals. That's how they got their names.
None of these was the right kind of partner for the man. 21So the LORD God made him fall into a deep sleep, and he took out one of the man's ribs. Then after closing the man's side, 22the LORD made a woman out of the rib! The LORD God brought her to the man, 23and the man exclaimed,"Here is someone like me! She is part of my body, my own flesh and bones. She came from me, a man. So I will name her Woman!" [d] 24That's why a man will leave his own father and mother. He marries a woman, and the two of them become like one person. 25Although the man and his wife were both naked, they were not ashamed.
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