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I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ. (Philemon :6)

Sharing our faith can be a scary thing but it doesn’t have to be. Alot of times it seems scary to us because we make it unnatural by going out of our way trying to find someone to share our faith with to a stranger but we only need to make the most of the opportunities presented to us each day with our families, friends, neighbors, co-workers and divine appointments (opportunities that you know could have only came from God) etc. Each day we are presented with plenty of opportunities where we could start natural conversation with others that can lead into sharing about how God is working in our lives.

Sometimes we also think its about getting them to church with us or telling them what it is we believe in but sharing our faith is about sharing our life experiences and testimonies of how God has worked in our own personal lives. Doing this does require us to be vulnerable and honest about our own trials and weaknesses. It can be a little scary but when we remember the comfort we received from hearing others share their life testimonies, we will be more then willing to be a little uncomfortable in order to give them the same hope, comfort and patient endurance that we received.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation, ; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same dsufferings we suffer. And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort. (2 Corinthians 1:3-7)

The Lord God said, “It is not good for man to be alone.
I will make a helper suitable for him.” Genesis 2:18

God made both male and female, both of us very different from one another but both of us made for a purpose. When we live according to His purpose, we see how wonderfully our roles compliment one another and the blessing that it is. We can then look at it as an honor to be our husband’s suitable helper. We will focus on how to be our husband’s suitable helper in three main areas.

The first main area of a suitable helper is to be a wife who serves our husbands. We are called to serve just as Jesus came to serve us. (Matthew 20:28) Just as Jesus came to serve us and to meet our every need, we can serve our husbands by anticipating and acting on our husbands needs and esteeming him as better then self. (Phillipians 2:3) This is not to say, we are in any way less important in the marriage. As our husbands suitable helper, we are his partner, one who encourages, cooperates and is supportive of him in his God-given role as head of the household and submitting to his lead. Which brings me to a second area we are called to be a suitable helper to our husbands.

We are also called to submit to our husbands as unto the Lord. (Ephesians 5:22) Submission is a word often cringed at by women and misunderstood. Submission means to rank ones self under someone else, yielding to their opinion and authority. Yielding to your husband’s opinion and authority is a choice, not something we are forced to do, God gives us free will. But when we submit to our husbands as unto the Lord, we can do it cheerfully. It does not mean you are a doormat to your husband, nor does it mean we can’t have any say or input in matters. On the contrary, wives should speak with wisdom and faithful instruction (Proverbs 31:26) but should submit to the final say or decision of the husband. By submitting we give our husband’s the chance to lead by respecting their God-given leadership role. Which brings me to a third area we are called to be a suitable helper to our husbands.

We are also called to respect our husbands. (Ephesians 5:33) The amplified bible tells us how to respect our husbands beautifully. It says to notice, to regard, to honor, to prefer, to venerate, to esteem, to defer, to praise, to admire and to love him exceedingly! God wants us to show respect to our husbands with our words and actions. He does not tell us to feel respect because many times we may not feel respect. When we respect our husbands we are providing for one of his greatest needs besides his need for physical intimacy. Once we have a heart attitude of respect for our husbands, it makes it easier for us to submit and serve our husbands as God calls us to.

Wives can have tremendous influence in the marriage in our role as a suitable helper and we can look at it as an honor. When we respect, submit and serve our husbands as God calls us to do, it draws us closer together in love and understanding of each other and our roles.