Genesis 2:18

New Living Translation

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.”

For Meditation

I finally found my voice, so I had to write, despite my weeklong break for medical reasons. And why not? How could I miss honoring the indispensable others in our lives? I live with the most precious of them all, and I can testify that women are the best gift God ever gave men in this world, apart from His Son, for our redemption. So come along with me on a brief journey through the Word of God to explore two specific scriptures on how special the woman by your side at home, in your neighborhood, street, and workplace deserves all your love and special treatment in honor of the Lord, our God.

Listen to the verdict of our Creator after He fashioned man, breathed life into him, and transformed him into a living being (Gen. 2:7).

“It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him” (18).  

When the Almighty says it is not good, He means just what He says. The man is incomplete in every way without you, O woman. You are an intricate part of the man and the guardian of his life at every level. Though man has headship and authority to moderate the union, home, and family—the basis of society as God intended it to be—man would find the wilderness of this world too harsh to navigate without you.

Your worth stands tall when we check the Hebrew to understand the word translated, helper, and its usage in connection with Joseph’s Helper, the God of Jacob (49:25; cf. 18:4; Psalm 27:9). How can we miss it with you now?  

Adam’s first impression was right on key, for I believe the Holy Spirit opened his eyes to see deep into the beautiful creation, His equal, that God had brought to complete his life.

“This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh” (23). 

It is sad to see how we have lost this prime view of you. You are beautiful on the outside (Song of Songs 1:8) and inside (1 Pt. 3:3-4), and we love you.

There is yet another dimension of you, the most beautiful creation of the Almighty God.

Nobility! 

Is it any wonder the Holy Spirit closed the wisdom book of Proverbs by serenading you who complements your husband and brings joy to your children, workers, and city folks?

“A wife of noble character who can find?” (Prov. 31:10).

 Finally, I raise the words of Paul to the men in the Ephesian congregation to grace your day, the most precious of God’s creation. It is a responsibility to any of us men who takes upon ourselves the right to receive your hand from God in marriage—a responsibility we have abused or ignored but repent today.

“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her” (Eph. 5:25).

 What more can I say? How precious are you, O lovely woman, in the eyes of our Savior to give charge to your husband to do for you as He has done for His church—sacrificed Himself for her? Incredible!

On this joyful day that the world celebrates all you women in our lives—mothers, sisters, friends, co-workers—we men in your lives lift our voices from good hearts and clean consciences to adore and appreciate you, the way God made you; and certainly not as the world wants you to be.

May you live to glorify your Creator and Savior, Jesus Christ, our Lord, and live under His care and bountiful grace throughout the day and beyond.

Happy International Women’s Day!