As we continue to prepare on our journey to Prague, we have 18
women registered as of today. Continue to pray as the word gets out that the
exact women God wants to be there in October get signed up. Thank you already
in advance for the prayers, because where it all takes place is in the heavenly
realm. In fact, as I was typing that last line this thought ran across my brain
. . . “Ask them to make prayer deposits, Vickie”. I like that, because I can
actually visualize people doing that and you don’t even have to leave the
house! Ha, ha, ha! Would you please be willing to support this trip by making a
prayer deposit daily or weekly? And encourage us by letting us know what some
of those deposits are!
We added one last person to our team Monday night. All spots are
filled and overflowing! Pray for me as I listen for God’s direction for how to
best utilize each one of the team members on this trip and to place them where
I truly believe God is directing so that He may be glorified!
Last week I ended our blog by asking you this question: Do you
feel that your husband is taking care of you? Does he see you as a gift that
God has brought into his life?
Today, I want us to look at the flip side of that coin before we
look at the first time chaos entered the world. Genesis 2:18 says, “Then the
LORD God said, ‘It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a
helper fit for him.’” That helper was Eve.
Now
let me ask you this question: What are helpers and what do they do? They come
alongside; they help us be successful, to accomplish a job, to give insight,
etc. In short, a helper truly becomes a blessing to our lives. Would your
husband be able to say about you that you are a blessing to his life? May I ask you another question? What was Eve
helping Adam do?
Go back to Genesis 2:15
and we will see that God put Adam in the Garden of Eden to work it and keep it.
So Eve was helping Adam take care of that which God had given them together! Genesis
2:24 says, “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast
to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.” There was no ‘mine’ or ‘yours’,
but ‘ours’ and ultimately HIS! Genesis 2:25 goes on to say, “And the man and
his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.” Translated from the Vickie
commentary, “life was pure, it was content, and it was peaceable.”
Adam
and Eve together as one were serving God and exercising watch care over His
provision.
Are
you functioning as one? Are you mindful that all that you have is from Him?
The answer to how chaos entered the world is in Genesis Chapter 3.
In fact, Genesis Chapter 3 is so full of practical principles regarding the
chaos in our lives today that I am going to ask you to read that chapter every day
between now and the next blog. Pay close attention to every word you read. Ask
God to give you an understanding of this chapter in a very personal way. Watch
Eve’s conversation with the Serpent. Watch Adam’s conversation with God. Watch
God’s proclamation to Adam, Eve, and the Serpent. Question what the heck Eve
was thinking!! Question Adam’s ridiculous responses to an All-Knowing God’s
questions. See God’s compassion to give Adam and Eve the opportunity to repent
instead of cover up their sin. This is some good stuff, girls!!! Don’t blow
over it.
And, by the way . . . none of the above would have taken place if
the following commandment had not been given to Adam in the garden in Genesis
2:18. “And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, ‘you may surely eat of every
tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall
not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.’”
IN SHORT, CHAOS ENTERS OUR DAILY WORLD WHEN WE DISOBEY GOD!!!
Enjoy your read of Genesis Chapter 3 this week!
I love you all Mucho!
His,
Vickie
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