This is one of the reasons why it is good to marry: I would have walked around the house for a long time looking for my hat, which had fallen into the hood on the back of my neck. Fortunately, I said aloud what I was looking for.
Long ago I read a Rabbi's lecture about Gen 2:18 and that the word עֵזֶר ('helpmeet' in KJV) if interpreted as how it is used elsewhere in the Torah can only mean that the one being helped is in dire need of aid.
Years ago – when I was regularly speaking to Church young people and campus groups on dating, sex, and marriage – I noted that for men, marriage brings a large gain in life expectancy, and for women marriage brings no change at all.
My girls' stepfather was a practical joker and had honed his skills in the military and construction industry for years. He didn't realize he'd been teaching his stepdaughters the fine points for years.
He got older. He needed reading glasses but couldn't keep up with them. I was never prouder of my daughters than when he asked if anyone had seen his glasses when he'd pushed them on top of his head... and my sweet 15- and 8-year-old darlings told him NO with a straight face.
I read a story from a guy who was reassembling a carburetor (or some equally complex automotive piece). When almost done, he couldn't find the paper gasket he needed, which, unfortunately, was small, maybe the size of a quarter. And IT WAS JUST THERE ON THE BENCH, AND NOW IT'S GONE!!! After about 30 minutes of tearing the garage apart in a circle widening out from the bench, his wife comes out to ask what all the noise is. He starts telling her the story of the missing gasket, that WAS JUST HERE, waving and gesticulating. She starts laughing, he gets angrier, she laughs harder, etc. She's laughing so hard she can barely get the message across to him to look at his forearm. Where the gasket was stuck.
Long ago I read a Rabbi's lecture about Gen 2:18 and that the word עֵזֶר ('helpmeet' in KJV) if interpreted as how it is used elsewhere in the Torah can only mean that the one being helped is in dire need of aid.
ReplyDeleteYears ago – when I was regularly speaking to Church young people and campus groups on dating, sex, and marriage – I noted that for men, marriage brings a large gain in life expectancy, and for women marriage brings no change at all.
My girls' stepfather was a practical joker and had honed his skills in the military and construction industry for years. He didn't realize he'd been teaching his stepdaughters the fine points for years.
ReplyDeleteHe got older. He needed reading glasses but couldn't keep up with them. I was never prouder of my daughters than when he asked if anyone had seen his glasses when he'd pushed them on top of his head... and my sweet 15- and 8-year-old darlings told him NO with a straight face.
I can imagine the scene when he realises his error and who has fooled him.
ReplyDeleteI read a story from a guy who was reassembling a carburetor (or some equally complex automotive piece). When almost done, he couldn't find the paper gasket he needed, which, unfortunately, was small, maybe the size of a quarter. And IT WAS JUST THERE ON THE BENCH, AND NOW IT'S GONE!!! After about 30 minutes of tearing the garage apart in a circle widening out from the bench, his wife comes out to ask what all the noise is. He starts telling her the story of the missing gasket, that WAS JUST HERE, waving and gesticulating. She starts laughing, he gets angrier, she laughs harder, etc. She's laughing so hard she can barely get the message across to him to look at his forearm. Where the gasket was stuck.
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