“I Will Make A Helper Suitable For Him”

The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”

Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals.

But for Adam no suitable helper was found. So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh. Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.”

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.

Genesis 2:18-25

We all have stories about how we found our soul mates. We connect. We marry. We have children. We grow old together. Looking back over the years we can marvel at the innumerable crises we faced as we raised our family. Problems big and small have tested our faith, yet we have stuck together. It has taken commitment from both of us and the grace of God. Today we can rejoice in God’s design, spelled out in Genesis.

God’s design for marriage is beautiful. So we pray for married couples to sense how awesome it is to enjoy life together under the blessing of God’s loving guidance.

Marriage thrives in a climate of love, honor, and respect.

Our Daily Bread – February 9, 2015