Facts
Author: Debi Pearl
ISBN: 1-892112-60-4
Paperback: 295 pages
Publisher: No Greater Joy Ministries
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The Back Cover
Somewhere over the passing years and changing culture, women have lost their way. This book is written to lead them back home. Regardless of how you began your marriage or how dark and lonely the path that has brought you to 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.
Introduction
This book has been ten years in the making – four years in its actual writing. It is at my encouragement that my wife wrote it. I have long wanted other women to have the benefit of her profound wisdom and grace, and I want other men to experience the blessing of being married to a heavenly-gift bride.
Debi is my sweetheart and best buddy, my best friend and my only confidante. She is not by nature a passive, “lie down and roll over” woman. In our early marriage, she challenged my authority and occasionally stood against me – sometimes with reasonable provocation, and sometimes because she was just stubborn and self-willed.
I am often amused when others suggest that Debi is a submissive wife simply because she has a “submissive personality”. They should have seen her thirty-three years ago throwing rocks at me and calling me names.
Admittedly, we didn’t start out with a perfect marriage. Debi has strong opinions that she solidly believes in, but she has learned to be her husband’s helper in every way that a man needs a woman’s support.
I have never met or read of another author that I thought was more qualified by life and her own experience to write a book to women on how to become the help meet God intended. She exemplifies all that she has written. Every word of this book comes with my blessing and wholehearted agreement.
Why we like this book
Every married woman desires to be cherished and adored by her man. God promises joy and fulfillment to the wife that is willing to obey His Word. In this book, Debi shares how she reached the blessed state of a fulfilling marriage. She addresses all the vital issues involved in a plain and direct manner.
Read an Excerpt from Chapter 8: Who is Your Man?
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Lena Chentsov
January 22, 2008 at 9:33 pm reply?
I had just started to read this book, and already, putting the tips and hints to use in my own relationship, I can see how my marriage can become glorious. This book is for every single married woman out there. I'm just wondering if there are copies of this book translated into other languages. I'm mainly wondering about Russian. If there are, I would love to get a copy!
Lilith
November 18, 2009 at 7:23 pm reply?
What is this about wives having to be submissive? What happened to the 50/50 idea? I am happily married and my marriage is 50/50 as far as decision making, who decides where to shop, eat, etc. and how the household is run. I am not Christian, and perhaps books like this one are the main reason I abstain from such oppressive, single-minded organized religion ideas. Women of the world, if you read this, continue to think for yourselves. Don't submit to some guy simply because you want "peace". Stand up for your beliefs and what you feel is right.
Lauren
March 4, 2011 at 9:03 pm reply?
Created to be His Help Meet is a wonderful book. I'm in the middle of reading it for a second time.
We are all submissive to men and women whether we acknowledge it or not and whether we're Christian or not. Who our bosses are, who polices are cities, who we pay taxes to...without submission our world would be utterly chaotic.
Submission does not mean that you stop thinking and it does not mean you stop advising...just like we don't stop voting.
