Thoughts
Several years ago my husband and I were camped out for his archery bull elk hunt. He left early and I relished in a few more hours of quite sleep in the pines. I was awakened by his truck returning to camp and my husband jumping out yelling, "Get up honey. I killed my elk and I need your help! Hurry! It's going to be a warm day."
I quickly put my boots on as my husband drove us to his bull. When we got there, I was relieved to see he killed fairly close to the road so we were able to back the truck right up to it. My sweetie quickly connected a cable to the back legs and gave me orders to begin cranking on the "come along" just as fast and hard as I could while he lifted and pushed the elk into the back of the truck. I did this with all my might. When we hit the end of the cable, I turned around to see that only the hind end of the elk had made it into the bed of the truck; and the shoulders and head remained on the ground. My husband caught my defeated expression and pleaded, saying, "Babe, please, I need your help."
I stared at him and asked, "How can I help?" He said that I must get down on the ground, wrap my arms around its chest and lift with all my strength while he lifted from the antlers. "Okay," I said. "May I point something out to you?" He sighed deeply as I continued: "A... the front half of this elk outweighs me by about 200 pounds. B... It is smelly; and C... The chest of this creature is not only bloody and frothy from your well placed broad head, but also wet with who knows what else! You cannot be serious!" Well, he was quite serious; and after another long-locked stare, I understood that this was incredibly important to him (not to mention, he was desperate). After a monumental effort and one episode of near panic as the elk's front legs wrapped around my neck and my face smashed against its chest, we got that elk in the back of the truck. A hug and a high five ended our victory, and we drove back to camp with a memory to last a lifetime. (SDS)

Action Point
Genesis 2:18 tells us that God did not like Adam to be alone and so he made him a helper, a wife. Helping our spouses is taken to a deeper level when we consider that God asks that our hearts be a safe place of trust. This is a place where bountiful goodness and blessing can be found for a lifetime. It takes an act of God to make the necessary changes in our hearts and homes; but I know from experience He is willing.