Better late than never :)

I realize I'm a bit late getting up the post for last week. From Friday until today has been very busy around here between a ladies fellowship, a birthday party, church dinner, super bowl with friends and a very congested/coughing 15 month old. I'm hoping that we both get more sleep tonight but from the sounds of her coughing right now, I'm not sure that will happen. One of the silver linings to the cloud is that she was very cuddly today. In general she is too busy to sit and cuddle so it was nice to just sit with her.

Last week in "The Power of a Woman's Words" I went thru the chapter on a woman's speech to her husband. Once again it was a very good chapter. I wanted to share a couple quotes that I had underlined.

"Most Bible translations render the word ezer as "helper", but the word
is packed with so much more meaning than a mere helper.
Author Carolyn Custis James reveals the following:
'Ezer appears twenty-one times in the Old Testament. Twice in
Genesis, it describes the woman (Genesis 2:18, 20). But the majority
of references (sixteen to be exact) refer to God, or Yahweh, as
the helper of his people. The remaining three references appear
in the books of the prophets, who use it to refer to military aid. If
language means anything, the ezer, in every case, is not a flunky or
junior assistant but a very strong helper' ".

Also, as a side note, for a more detailed discussion into your relationship with your husband (and a very convicting look at his wife ;) ). I would strongly recommend Stormie OMartin's book "The Power of a Praying Wife".