Anniversary

Tonight was a pretty awesome night. I had an opportunity this weekend to come home and attend my Grandma and Pap's 50'th wedding anniversary party. It was a surprise party, and let me tell you, they were surprised. I think I expected my Grandma's reaction, but my Pap's was by far the most priceless thing ever. He just walked in after everybody shouted "Surprise!" and "Happy Anniversary!" and had the most confused look I had ever seen in my life. He proceeded to tell everybody there how nobody has ever fooled him before, and if you know our family we can brag quite a bit (and most of the time exaggerated). He definitely made sure everybody in that building knew by the time that they left that they had gotten him good. The entire evening was wonderful; my Grandma was especially happy that I was home for the occasion. Dinner was incredible, and my Aunt Karen, who had orchestrated the entire thing, put on a slide show with music and needless to say waterworks ensued from the eyes of every person there. She then told everybody about how our family is indebted to my grandparents because of their example and how much they believed in each other and their kids. It really was awesome. 50 years. Wow. I couldn't have asked for better grandparents. I am blessed beyond all measure.

I'm going to come out and say something that may not be overly spiritual. I'm often reminded of the first couple chapters of Genesis which says that Adam and God were pretty tight, and although Adam had God, he was still missing something. Everything up until that point in creation had been good, but it was not good that Adam was alone. We all know that God then created Eve to be a "suitable helper". I hear a lot of people talk about how this applies to our need for fellowship between human beings. I'm not going argue against that, but I truly believe that it is also specific to a man-woman relationship. It is good that men and women are together, being suitable helpers for each other. Why the word helper? Do you hear any sense of dependency in that word? Think of any other word that could have been used; instead we see helper. We see Adam walking and talking with the God who spoke the universe into existence and here is Adam still in need of something more. I, in no way am going to say that God is not enough for us. I also am not going to deny that loneliness is a real thing. God said that it wasn't good for man to be alone, therefore loneliness is bad. We are not supposed to be alone. We are supposed to fellowship with others; we are suppose to fellowship with a certain "helper". I know right now I'm dealing with something very difficult, but as I step back and view the relationship models in my life, including the one I got to see tonight, I am encouraged that someday I will make somebody as happy as I desire them to make me. I want to find somebody that I can't get enough of. I want a suitable helper. I want a best friend. As I continue to press on through this time I am confident that God knows the desire of my heart (he put it there, after all) and I trust in his plan for my life. He knows ultimately what is good and what is not good, and he will provide for his child.