I loved getting your questions. I read in the book that Jeff Price mentioned, When Life and Beliefs Collide, that there is this word that means strong helper. It is used to describe Eve, but it is also used to describe God. The Psalmist use it when they call God their help when they are in need. The book can put it better than I can and I would encourage you to read it. I am no Greek scholar, but Carolyn Curtis James is and she does a beautiful job bring it down to a level that I can understand with out losing any of the significance or power of the words.
Adam and Eve didn't so much have to fight for any things as God had given them a mission to carry out. The mission was first given to Adam, but Eve added her strength to his to help effectively carry out the mission that God entrusted to them both.
I would encourage you to read it for yourself. There are so many concepts that really spoke to my heart as a woman and as a Christian.
I can see the fire Going to have to walk right through it Scared to death But You say it's okay I fell the flame I feel the pain But You carry me through the way
The bad times come And I'm ready for it The bad times come But You've prepared me for it The bad times come God, You're with me through it The bad times come And the dross is burned away
I see the storm All around me Numb with cold But Your hand is safe Too dark to see Till lightening flashes So bright I'm blinded but You lead the way
The bad times come And I'm ready for it The bad times come But You've prepared me for it The bad times come God, You're with me through it The bad times come And You mold me as clay
The bad times come I can see the fire The bad times come I can feel the flames The bad times come Can't see through the rain The bad times come But You speak through the pain
The bad times come And I'm ready for it The bad times come But You've prepared me for it The bad times come God, You're with me through it The bad times come You've brought me through it... And now I can see the day
I see some people around me who need help and I don't know how to answer them. I need to think before I speak so that I don't offend. I need to pray so that I can allow God in.
I hope that every one had a good Valentine's day. I was thinking about
the orgin of Valentine's day. There are a lot of different stories
about how Valentine's day got started but my favorite is this one.
St
Valentine was a priest who lived during the time of the Emperor
Claudius. Claudius was fighting a war and he ordered that no marriages
be performed bacause he thought that married man would not fight as
well with a wife and chrildren at home. Valentine fought for the
sactity of marrige and married several people. He was arrested and
later exacuted for this.
I like the idea that Valentine's Day is a day we celabrate marriage as something that God ordained.
Dear Friend
Thank you for loving me
Something I take for ganted
You have blessed my life
I know this is something I've never said
But I thank God that you were sent
Dear Mom
Thank you for loving me
I can make it so hard
You have shaped my life
You have lit in me this spark
I thank God for who you are
Lord, I have needed love
And You have sent it
At different times, in many form, in different ways
You give love so freely
May I too give Your love away
Dear God
Thank You for loving me
Though I never can deserve it
Ashamed of who I am inside
But You say You don't observe it
Instead You see inside me the love You emit
Lord, I have needed love
And You have sent it
At different times, in many form, in different ways
You give love so freely
May I too give Your love away
