Natalie points out Debi Pearl's book is dangerous: Helpmeet P/2

                                        Read Part One HERE

In this post I will share Natalie Hoffman's comment on the book by Debi Pearl "Created To Be His Help Meet."

Part of Natalie's comment is as follows:

One of the most destructive books for Christian women on the market is "Created to be His Help Meet" by Debi Pearl.

If you boiled her message down to a strong, concentrated poison, it would be this: "Women, the purpose of your existence is to make a man happy. If he isn't happy, it's all your fault, and God's not happy with you. Do what it takes. Bow and scrape. Obey no matter what. Be a slut for him, if that's what turns him on. If he is into porn, you're not doing your job. He doesn't like your hair? Change it. He wants you to have long fingernails? Grow them. If he can't pay the rent or if he lets the house go, then get off your butt and do something yourself to pay the rent and keep up with the house. But you make that man happy. Happy. Happy."

But what happens when a woman can't make her husband happy? What happens when no matter what she does or how hard she tries, he finds fault?What happens when she gets sick and can't make the rent for her lazy man's happiness? What happens if her husband is a broken person with a personality disorder? What happens if he is addicted to drugs, food, porn, work or alcohol? She's supposed to become co-dependent, like he is? That's God's purpose for her life? That's how she will bring life and healing to her husband and children? That's how she will help them and herself be free to become all that God made them to be?

And we women continue to pass on these destructive messages, tied up with pretty little bows to our sister and our daughters. Satan hates both men and women. He wants to destroy both sexes and will use lies to do that. He'll try to get men to despise, control, and use women. He'll try to get women to despise, control and use men. There are two ways to fall off this horse.

We believe a lie if we think that a married women's husband is the equivalent of God to her. God let's her know what He (God) wants when her husbands lets her know what he (the husband) wants? Sorry, but that's man-worship, plain and simple. Woeshipping a man is not spiritual or healthy. It's sick and stupid. So is worshipping a woman. Or worshipping yourself, for that matter.

What solves the problem? What keeps us in the saddle on this one?

Taking down the idols and exalting the True God. Remember - there is only One Mediator between God and every single human on the planet, including every FEMALE human. And that's Jesus Christ. Women get their mail from HIM directly.

 

Read Part Three HERE