Feb. 27, 2007 - I am no Bible scholar!
Please take my words as a grain of salt. This is just what was bouncing around in my head at 6 am while I was walking!
Genesis 2:16 is a passage right after Eve took the apple. God is speaking to her after she disobeyed his request of not eating from the Tree of Knowledge.
To the woman he said,
"I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing;
with pain you will give birth to children.
Your desire will be for your husband,
and he will rule over you."
Notice the last sentence - "Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you."
I don't know about you, but I think I have a large library of self help books on how to be a better wife etc. After reading these books I am filled with guilt for what a horrible wife I am! I *want* to do everything the book says but I find it to be overwhelming. How can I do all of these things? Rise early, go to bed later, be fit, cook good and healthy meals, make sure the house is sparkly and the list goes on. My DESIRE is for my husband. To please him, to make him happy etc. This is a consequence of sin!
I drive myself crazy with comparing myself with all the other "perfect" Christian women out there when I should really just be seeking His will for my life. God will use his Word to convict me on the changes of my life. God will breathe life into me, not all of those self help books!
God will only give you as much as you can handle. While I love all of the self help books I find that it is more than I can handle! What can you handle?
For the next 21 days, I am going to try to take a break from all things "self help." I am going to seek God's Word first for my life and go from there. I am longing for peace only He can provide!
Comments
Mar. 1, 2007 - I agree
Posted by babean
It's hard when we caught up in the 'she is a better Christian than I' syndrome. We've all fallen short, and no matter how it appears one has it all in order...God is always working on something within us (ALL of us). I gave up the self help books ages ago. Now I try my best to seek these people: 1. God in prayer 2. My Bible 3. my dear husband whom I am trying to please 4. Godly council of women elders (not necessarily age'd woman lol). The 'helping' books actually distract me more than focus me. How is the no self-help book 'fast' going? Are you searching scripture more? Feeling more calm and focused? =0)
