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This is a place to share your testimony with others! It can be the story of how you came to believe in Jesus, or how you and your spouse met, or the influence of Debi’s book(s) on your life.
Testimonies
james410
The Book is a Blessing!
I would like to say thank you to Debi for writing this book, ” Preparing to be a help meet”. I got it for my 16th birthday and really enjoyed it. I was able to see many things in my life that I need to work on, by God’s grace! I had many questions that this book answered for me! That you so much for the book. I pray that God will continue to use this book for His glory! I am 17 and I am thankful for all God has provided for me!
Blessings,
Elise
February 5, 2014 | Comments Off on The Book is a Blessing!
dbrcarmona
I Got My Husband in an Answer to Prayer.
It was on a Wednesday evening prayer night. A young single Air Force man stood and asked prayer for his Air Force friend who was seeking a wife and asked the church to pray for him to find a wife. The young man who was seeking had been saved in this church but had been moved to another location for his military service.
I thought that was a very personal prayer request but at the same time thought I could be praying for a husband so I will take on this prayer request for who ever he was because I understand his need. My younger sisters were already married with children and I was age 22 still single desiring a family.
So every day I prayed something like this “Lord please prepare his wife for him, prepare him for his wife and when the time was right, bring them together.” After I finished praying for him I then prayed in the same manner for myself not knowing that I was doubly praying for us. I did not know who he was. He could be stationed anywhere in the world and I would probably never meet him so I never expected to meet him.
I was faithful to lift up his name, his request and my prayer request every day for about six to nine months. I had quit dating long before that thinking the dating experience to be a hurtful and heart breaking. I had decided to just trust God and wait on Him to find my husband.
Then one day he visited the church but I was too shy to talk to him. I could not figure out how a single girl can explain to a single guy that I was praying the Lord would find him his wife. It would be too forward of me. Even then I still had no ambitions or thought that he was to be my future husband. I was disappointed in myself that I could not muster up the courage to speak to him.
The church service had ended, it was time to go home. He was heading back from wherever he came from. Even though I had been ever so faithful to lift up his name in my daily prayer I could not bring myself to tell him. A bit depressed I hung around the church foyer after the service looking at pictures on the wall. He came up behind me and said four words, “Can I write you?” I said one word, “Sure.” Then went home.
I was quite relieved that he asked me to write because it would be so much easier to explain in a letter and not have to suffer the embarrassment or shame of him thinking I might be too forward. I got half way home and realized that we had not exchanged mailing addresses. I thought I had blown it again. But he was one up on me because he had already acquired my mailing address from one of my friends who later was my matron of honor in our wedding. Thus began a long distance relationship.
We started off as merely two Christian friends sharing prayer request and after about four months began to fall in love. The courtship lasted about nine months.The entire relationship was long distance until two weeks before the wedding. We have been happily married for 30 years, raised six wonderful children. God’s plans are so much better than our own plans. God does indeed answer prayers and He is the best match maker if we just trust in Him.
January 9, 2014 | 1 response
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elizabeth01
Just Found out My Mother’s Example Was Completely Wrong!
I feel the need to thank Debi Pearl for this amazing book. I’m from Mexico (Yes, a “macho culture” but also a matriarchal society) and I’m getting married in October, so a friend of mine gave me a Spanish version of this book…I just couldn’t stop reading it! I felt so relieved…you’ll see, I love my family, and my parents have been loving and caring, but after reading this book I confirmed my mom has been giving me a wrong example for almost 25 years on how to be a woman, not to mention how to be a good wife at the eyes of God. She’s very authoritative and has an important position at out local church…now I hope my father finds the strength to recover his own place. Anyway, I had already had problems with my fiance because of the wrong ideas I had about my role in our relationship and our future marriage. I felt like there was something that I was doing wrong, but every time I’d ask my mom for a piece of advice, she would encourage me to show my intellectual superiority and continue to “fight for my rights and my place”. So “Preparing to be a Help Meet” came in the right time! My fiance has already noticed -and complimented me- on the big changes in my behaviors and I couldn’t be happier, because now I know I’m doing what God expects me to do and, at the same time, I’m bringing happiness and trust to my future husband. I’m not afraid of future ugly fights anymore, I’m looking forward to being his 24/7 help meet! Thank you so much! Love form Mexico!
June 23, 2013 | Comments Off on Just Found out My Mother’s Example Was Completely Wrong!
elizabeth01
The Lord Gives, Takes & Gives
The Day God Wrecked My Ship Of 25 Years (2 Corinthians 11:25)
I’ll Never Forget It. It Was September 25, 2012 When My Neice Turned Seven Years Old. It Was Also The Seventh Day Of The Feast Of Tabernacle. I Was Driving In My Car Of 25 Years. I Had Driven This “Ship” For 25 Years (Which Is Also 7 (2 + 5)).
Suddenly A Driver Came Speeding Through A Stop Sign And Directly In To The Passenger Side Of My Car. The Car Was Totalled And Glass Was Every Where!
I Had Very Little Money And All My Family Was Down South Celebrating My Neice’s Birthday. I Could Not Financially Afford To Travel. I Had Just Left My Job When That Driver Plunged In To Me.
Why Would God Take My Ship (My Car) When He Knew I Had No Way (Or Money) To Get Around? I’m Diabetic And Had Very Little Food In The Home. Why Was All This Necessary, Lord?
God Told The Apostle Paul That Paul Would Preach Before Rome’s Dictator. While En Route To Rome God Allowed Paul’s Ship To Be Totally Destroyed. Paul Lost Everything Except For God’s Promise. Paul Considered To Stand On God’s Word Despite What Life Brought Against Him (Acts 27:1-44).
God Did Have A Purpose For Paul’s Ship Wreck. God Used Paul To Convert In Habitants On An Island To Jesus Christ. So We Must Always Remember That God Has A Purpose In What Ever He Allows Us To Experience (Acts 28:1-12; Matthew 4:1-11; Hebrews 5:8-10).
I Got Out Of My Wrecked Vehicle With Glass All Over Me. I Had A Very Small Cut On My Wrist. The Police Officer Ensured That I Was Driven Home. I Had Great Conversations With Taxi Drivers During This Time. God Ensured That All My Needs Were Taken Care Of. God Even Led Me To A Decent Used Car. And To Be Totally Honest It Really Was Time For A Different Car!
We Christians Must Learn To Walk In Faith Not In Sight. Our Kingdom Is Above. Our King And Kingdom Is Jesus Christ Who Is God!
Dear Lord May We Never Focus On Life’s Problems Forgetting That You Have Promised To Never Leave Us Nor For Sake Us. We Ask In Jesus’ Name. Amen
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June 23, 2013 | Comments Off on The Lord Gives, Takes & Gives
elynn3
Saved: From Sin to Joy
I was born to “Christian” parents who had each left the spouse of their youth for each other. My parents did not attend church or talk about Jesus with me during my childhood. I know that they love me by the time & money they spent on my “good” public education & horseback riding career. I was educated by the ways of the world, becoming very distrustful of God and buying into the liberal agenda.
However, all my life I felt a pull on my heart that whispered I was destined for something greater. It was that whisper that kept me from becoming truly suicidal when I left home to attend college. 18, away from my controlling parent’s gaze & completely depressed, I searched for answers in the arms of whatever man would have me and whatever drugs I could find.
After 3 years, I returned to my parent’s home to finish my degree and found the man I thought would be my husband. What I found was an utterly broken heart, for the first time in my young life. I thought I’d become “tough” at college but that man found a gullible, silly girl & took advantage of my naïveté. He dumped me and was married (in a toga wedding, no less) a month later. From then on I was determined to approach love with my eyes wide open.
Just a year later I met a young man who had walked a different path than mine but with the same result. Born to poor Christian parents, “M” “jumped ship” at 18 into a life of sin similar to my own. We met at a party, and he looked like just my kind of trouble 🙂 Ironically, his father was the man who shod my horses, and I had known him for nearly 10 years. “Papa J” had been praying for me since our first meeting. He saw through my “tough” exterior & prayed that I would come to know Christ. He and his wife had been praying for their son’s future wife since the time he was born. I honestly believe that it was their prayers that kept me from harm during my darkest times.
Our “courtship” was really something—at first, I thought I was pursuing M, teasing the handsome, slightly younger man into a relationship where I would have the upper hand. I quickly realized that he was quietly pursuing me, wooing me with respect and patience. Of course, at that point I panicked and tried to get away, making for a merry chase for my husband to remember.
5 months from the day we met I accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior. A week later I accepted M’s marriage proposal, and 6 months later we were married. In the stories, this is the part where I say “and we lived happily ever after.”
The reality is that less than 2 months from the day we said “I do,” M left to serve a year-long military deployment. I began to isolate myself from everyone, even God. I missed M desperately but I had no idea how to be a wife to him. I had no job & I was seriously depressed again. I was truly alone.
And I was finally where God wanted me. One of the church ladies stepped in & became my mentor. She offered me “Created to be His Help Meet,” saying that it had changed her & her marriage, but she cautioned me that it was not an easy read. I read it & began to be transformed. The lies of feminism came crashing down. I began to see the life God wanted for me. Suddenly, everything began to make more sense! I was able to claw my way out of the depression I’d been in since M had left, just in time for his homecoming.
My man returned to a new wife. We’ve had our share of struggles but I rejoice every day in the freedom I have found in my proper role as his help meet. He is a kind & thoughtful teacher of everything from the proper pitching of a pitchfork full of straw to cooking almost everything from scratch. More than those things though, he has taught me how to accept correction with grace & has patience with me as I learn to control my tongue. He is the most amazing husband I could’ve dreamed of being yoked to. Praise God for my salvation and my life mate!
April 3, 2013 | Comments Off on Saved: From Sin to Joy
dignifiedlady
Timely
I am 32 years old believing God for a husband. I have been worried many times as all my friends have either married or having their third child. I would often ask God ‘when’. This led to extreme anxiety for over three years in the past. Thank God I am now at a place of total trust. Debi’s book couldn’t have been more timely as I now pray to rather be a good helpmeet as opposed to seeking for one. Right thinking has helped me.
April 2, 2013 | 1 response
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elizabeth01
My Hero, Mentor, and Love
Ron and I met in Heaven, literally (at an establishment named heaven). Although a less than reputable place, we found each other and began our life together. My husband is a 1Lt in the United States Air Force and will be A CAPTAIN in the spring! He is an amazing leader, a talented airman, and my favorite person on the planet. The Helpmeet books have changed my marriage. To think of all of the joy I robbed of our marriage that first when we were on one of the greatest adventures with the military really makes me sad. However, I have learned how to make my husband smile this cute only-for-you kind of way, and just yesterday he told me how wise and wonderful I am. Thank you for all that you’ve written.
August 8, 2012 | Comments Off on My Hero, Mentor, and Love
elizabeth01
I Was Given This Book to Borrow and It Has Touched My Heart and Made Me Excited About Waiting for My Husband to Be!
A friend of mine told me she had a book for me to read that would change my outlook on relationships. So I read it and couldn’t put it down! I am 17 and I had grown weary in thinking I would ever find the “one” because all of my friends either had a husband, or a boyfriend for quite a while. But here was little old me with nobody and not one person in mind. While reading this book it totally switched my way of thinking. Now I don’t think I’m getting older with nobody in sight, rather I see it as I have more time to pray for him and prepare myself. Honestly I wish I had been given this book at a younger age so I wouldn’t of spent so much of my life worrying about finding a husband…. I love this book!! It is amazing and I would highly recommend it! :))
August 3, 2012 | 2 responses
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elizabeth01
Thank You for Your Help
just saying Thank You Mrs. Pearl,
you have tons of wisdom that have really helped guide me threw some tough situations in my life right now, Thank You for listening to God and takeing the time to right these encouraging, life changing books. when someone’s willing to listen, they really help
July 16, 2012 | Comments Off on Thank You for Your Help
elizabeth01
Waiting & Waiting
I have not yet read the book; but while surfing I jus landed up on this site. I read all the testimonies and felt really blessed. I am 27 now and as I am going through waiting period, I was encouraged to read these stories. I desparately want to read this book now. I am trusting in God alone to fulfill my desires but at times I do get mad & feel frustrated but I believe God has perfect timing for everything.
Thanks
July 2, 2012 | Comments Off on Waiting & Waiting
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Being a good help meet starts long before marriage. It is a mindset, a learned habit, a way of life established as a young unmarried girl—or at least that’s the way it should be. Nearly every wife will confess that the first year or two of married life was—how shall I say it—a frustrating learning experience.
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