Household Responsibilities
Text
Gal 6:1-5
Aims
to remind us of the importance of help meet in marriage and
to intimate intending couples on the necessity to bear with each other’s burden.
Introduction
The concept of help meet in Gen 2:18 is for the woman to help her husband in some things he cannot do without her. Similarly, by implication, the husband is also to help his wife in some things she cannot do without his assistance. Even though they are not of same gender, yet they must live to complement each other according to Gal 6:2. From this background, it is therefore necessary for intending couples to discuss how to share household chores before their marriage; this will make them set clear expectations for themselves. For example, who does the cooking; a house help or ourselves? How do we prepare breakfast before going to work; or do we eat in canteen during work? Who takes the children to school and how do we do it? These and many house chore questions are very important for basic pre-marital discussions.
Study guide
Discuss the concept of help meet in Gen 2:18 and the relevance of discussing household responsibilities before marriage.
In the context of Gen 18:6-8, analyse some areas that the husband can assist his wife and also where the wife can assist the husband.
Why is it sometimes difficult for the husband to assist his wife in some household chores?
Discuss the joy that can be derived from help meet Lifestyle in a marital life.
Conclusion
Discussing Household responsibilities during courtship is never an understatement, but a marital path that prevents resentment after marriage.
Food for thought
‘How can I help you;’ raises the future hope of marital help meets.
Memory verse
Gal 6:2 “Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ”.