If two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone?
—Ecclesiastes 4:11
Want to hear one of my pet peeves? It's when someone misquotes the verse about God creating Eve for Adam. You know, where God says He will make a help ____ for Adam. Know what the word is? Is it "mate" as in help-mate? No doubt you've heard that before.
But it's wrong! The word is not mate but meet. We don't use the word very often but it means fitting or proper. The meaning of that verse is that God was going to create a woman that fit the man He had already created. He was making two people who properly fit each other.
So this notion that we complete one another was not just a sweet saying that came from the flower child movement of the 60's. It was God's plan all along, all the way back to the day He created us. It's why opposites attract. God put something inside all of us that is attracted to our opposite so that they would complete us.
It sometimes seems difficult living with someone so different than ourselves. But imagine for a minute how difficult it would really be if your wife was exactly like you. Who would clean up your mess? Who would remember the kids, you know, those little people that live in your house?
And it goes much deeper than just a few funny quips. No matter who you are, your opposite is the one who will check you on your decisions, see what you totally overlooked, and love to handle what you absolutely despise to do.
TODAY’S DARE
Recognize that your wife is integral to your future success. Let her know today that you desire to include her in your upcoming decisions, and that you need her perspective and counsel. If you have ignored her input in the past, admit your oversight and ask her to forgive you.
And thank God for her. Who knows what your home would look like or where those little people would be without her?
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