I learned several lessons during our stay at the Hill Country this week. First and foremost is that it is hard work. Second, it has to be done.
One of our major tasks this week was to remove furniture from the home and replace and activate the electric gate. We decided that on the second day, we would load up the truck and I would travel to Goodwill to drop it off. We are about 15 minutes from main street which is where Goodwill is located.
I travelled down the winding road loaded to capacity. I was singing and driving right along. I got to the store where they unloaded the furniture and I was on my way. I made a stop at the local hardware store to purchase some padlocks for the gate then I made my way back. Total travel time was one hour exactly.
As I pulled in, I can see my husband is frustrated. He is having problems with a metal box that encases the electrical parts of the gate. It does not fit. He proceedes to tell me that he needs another cover or an opinion from someone at the hardware store as to how to make it fit.
Of course I'm looking at him asking...."and you want me to go back to town to do that?" You guessed it. His response was yes. "I need you to go back into to town and ask." My response was "I just came from there." Well, there was no getting out of it-it had to be done and I was the logical one to do it. So, I did.
As I drove away, I couldn't help but think of God's words "I will make him a helper suitable for him." My mood immediately changed. I am my husband's helper. He needed my help because he was in the middle of something that he could not leave. It was only logical that I go and so it was. I made the decision that I would go and I would enjoy the trip. After all, it did keep me from mowing. So I went.
I started thinking...if my mom asked me to drive to the pharmacy to get her medicine, I'd do it. If my son asked me to deposit his check, I'd do it. If my sister asked me to drive to the mall for a special lotion, I'd do it....then why do some of us have such a hard time with our husbands?
This is not a role we created, this is a role God designated for us as wives. We live in a society where we split alot of duties. We ourselves have a deal in our household "whoever cooks, the other washes dishes." [I wash alot of dishes.] The point being that no one individual can do it all and as our Spirtual Leader, our husbands have a role, as wives, we are to be their helper.
As I saw my husband sweating from the heat having spent a couple of hours fighting this gate opener, I headed off into town with a new attitude and a new spirit. After all, this day, I had the "safe" job-driving into town, even if I had just returned from there. My husband needed my help and this was such a small thing in the big scheme of things. So...with a smile on my face and a skip in my step, I headed off to be the helper.
The Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone, I will make a helper suitable for him." So the Lord caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs and 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. Genesis 2:18, 21-22
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