Created
to Be His Help Meet
by Debi Pearl
Greater Joy Ministries, Inc., (www.nogreaterjoy.org),
2004, 297 pages, $14.95 (paperback), ISBN-13: 978-1-892112-60-6
The cover of this book says the book will help you
“Discover how God can make your marriage glorious.” This is a book
designed for Christian women who have a desire to make their
marriages what God intended for marriage to be. The view is very
biblical, very fundamental, and very politically incorrect. The
“help meet” concept will rub some feminists wrong, but the best
summary of what the book is about is a short paragraph Debi Pearl
has on page 20:
“As you have probably discovered, you didn’t just marry ‘the right
man’ and live happily ever after. Every man I know is a bona fide sinner. And,
considering that you, too, are a selfish, fallen creature, it will
take real effort to make a heavenly marriage. A good marriage, just
like anything worthwhile, takes doing the right things every day …
every hour … every moment.”
The book is divided into 24 chapters which are in two sections. The
first is titled “The Help Meet” and discusses the biblical concept
of marriage and what a woman’s role is in marriage. The second
section is titled “Titus 2” and discusses specific things for wives
to do. Pearl writes very well. She is engaging, open, fair, and gets
to real issues. Sex is discussed fairly and accurately and the needs
of men and women are handled well. The things that cause pitfalls in
marriage are handled well. There are times when the book is very
blunt, and some may be offended by that. The purpose stated at the
end of the book is:
“Somewhere over the passing years and changing culture,
women lost their way. This book is written to lead back home.
Regardless of how you began your marriage or how dark and lonely
the path that has brought you into where you are now, I want you
to know that it is possible today to have a marriage so good and
so fulfilling that it can only be explained as a miracle.”
The book does a good job of helping people achieve that goal. It is
divided in such a way that it could be used as a class study, and it
would be very useful in counseling engaged couples. We recommend
this book to Christians who have an interest in the biblical concept
of marriage.
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