Being the Help Meet you were meant to be. 12 of 24

Today is my wonderful husbands 50th birthday. We've had so much fun with his party last night, SS this morning and the Bus Rt he drives for church had a party for him also. Praise the Lord I've been married to almost 20 yrs!!

*The only position where you will find real fulfillment as a woman is as a help meet to your husband.
But I would have you know, and the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. I Corinthians 11:3
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Ephesians 5:23

I realize that in today's world for the man to be the head of the home, or his wife is almost unheard of. However, the Bible never changes and God has taught since the beginning of time that man and woman were to marry. In that the husband is the head of the wife. The emphasis that we are looking at here today is that we are not just submitting to men, but that women show, the heavenly pattern of the Son submitting to the Father.

You say but my husband isn't saved. What do I do. God's word is the final authority.Your husband is your Knight in God's protective armor. Maybe his armor seems a bit rusty but the armor is still from God, your safe covering in everything. God tells us to be his Help Meet. We are to submit, obey, and even reverence our husbands.

1. We are part of man. God made woman from the rib of man.
2. Our position to our husbands is the as Christ to the church.

*God tells us WHY our husband is to be the one who rules the home. God explains why it is never his will for the wife to rule.

1. The fall into sin was due to a woman.
2. Curses were placed on the guilty in the fall.

Marriage is made in Heaven
*God has spoken frankly as to why he made us as he did and what our role is to be.
There is to be one man and one woman! I won't go into detail on this because one I'm not a preacher, but we all know the Marriage that is made in Heaven is a MAN and a WOMAN! We as wives are to be our MANS help meet and we are to submit to him, just as God wants him to submit to the Heavenly Father.

*Traits of a Good Help Meet
*She fears God.   Do you?
*She believes God's word as it is Written. Do you?
*She considers her position as a help meet a privileged command. Do You?

I put Do You? after each trait, because I believe if you don't believe or consider one these then you you may have a hard time with the others. We have to follow what the Bible teaches or do as we know 100% not 99%. Do you think you can be the right kind of Help Meet if you only put 90% of yourself into it? Or does it take 100%?

Challenge for this wk: (parts of each of these are taken from "Created to be his Help Meet"
Monday: Write 3 things down that you can better in your life for your husband.
Tuesday: List 3 things that you can do that will be help to your husband.
Wednesday: Write down 3 things you can do that will encourage your husband
Thursday: Pick 3 things about your personal appearance that you can change that your husband is sure to like.
Friday: List 3 things you can do in your house to please your husband.
Saturday: Write 3 things that makes your husband feel like THE MAN in your life.
Sunday: Plan 3 things you can say or do in front of others shows you love and respect YOUR husband.

Let's all as wives take time this wk to let our husbands know we love him, respect him, honor him, and above all that you are HIS HELP MEET for LIFE!!!

*taken from "Created to be His Help Meet"