Genesis 2:18-25 (NIV): The LORD GOD said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him." Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals.
But for Adam no suitable helper was found. So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs and then closed up the place with flesh. Then the LORD GOD made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman,' for she was taken out of man." That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.
GOD LOVES US, and He has called us into His Kingdom and His Family, and He has chosen us for His Son JESUS, to be royalty—the perfect bride for the perfect Son—the BRIDE of CHRIST—our ever-loving, ever-faithful, ever-present, ever-true BRIDEGROOM. And this is the nature of GOD, especially as the FATHER: He is GOOD, He is JUST, He is LOVE. And GOD is the greatest MATCHMAKER in heaven and on earth, and this is one truth found in the narratives of GOD’sWORD but not readily found on television or in today's cards, fairytales, movies, and books: Soul mates are not born; they are made. Neither do they arrive as Prince or Princess Perfect or appear as Mr. and Mrs. Right. From Genesis to Revelation in GOD’sWORD; from Rahab, the prostitute, to Esther, the queen; from Ruth the widowed foreigner to Mary, the virgin mother of JESUS, GOD has called and chosen soul mates and helpmeets, “making them” perfect or right for their intended bridegrooms and husbands, respectively Salmon, King Xerxes, Boaz, and Joseph, the carpenter. And every relationship and marriage, intended to foreshadow our relationships and marriage to JESUS CHRIST, requires dedication, perseverance, a perfect effort and hard work on both people’s part, even with GOD’s instructions, guidance, and strength, and as the BRIDE of CHRIST in expectation of HIS COMING, we are supposed to be making preparations, getting our affairs in order, and making ourselves ready for HIS RETURN and for that great day—our wedding, our marriage to CHRIST JESUS.
Basically, as one minister says, in a "great" marriage, soul mates are no more than two imperfect people who are equal but different who roll up their sleeves and work together daily on their relationship, end up as best friends, and in the trenches of life become soul mates. And this is the heart of the matter and the truth of GOD’sWORD: God knows the plans He has for us, plans to prosper us and not to harm us, plans to give us hope and a future, and when we trust Him with all our hearts and lean not on our own understanding but acknowledge Him and let Him direct our paths, then our "soul" mates—our “helpmeets”—will be a blessing, not a curse; they will help us, not hurt us; “build us up,” not “tear us down; speak LIFE into us, not DEATH over us; and “help us meet” our daily needs—physical, emotional, or spiritual—and "help us overcome" our challenges in victory through faith IN JESUS CHRIST. Therefore, when we are led by and of GOD’s Spirit and live according to His Word, His will, His plans and purpose, we have G-harmony, and our relationships with our mates and helpmeets please GOD, bring HIM honor and glory, and bring us no sin, sorrow, or shame.
GOD is patient and gracious, compassionate and loving, and He is ever faithful and concerned about us, because He is the FATHER of the BRIDE and the BRIDEGROOM, and He loves us and wants the best for us, and His love never fails; it’s everlasting. Even in His WORD in Ephesians 5:25-27, He guides us, letting us know what we should do, for He tells husbands to “love their wives just as CHRIST loved the church and gave Himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and presenting her to Himself as a radiant church, without stain and wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless."
Thus, the CORNERSTONE in our lives, our relationships, and our marriages is JESUS the SON; and the FOUNDATION upon which we stand, move, act, live and breathe is GOD the FATHER, for in Ephesians 5:23, GOD’sWORD proclaims, “the husband is the head of the wife as CHRIST is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the SAVIOR,” and in 1 Corinthians 11:3, “the head of every man is CHRIST, and the head of every woman is man, and the head of CHRIST is GOD.” And every sanctioned union or relationship and marriage GOD joins together and endorses, no person can put asunder or easily break apart, for GOD as CREATOR and FATHER is divinely invested, especially in that union's offspring and in the FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT produced through CHRIST JESUS: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, faithfulness, goodness, gentleness, and self-control. So, whether we call ourselves soul mates or helpmeets, husbands or wives, we are called by GOD, chosen by HIM, and perfected--refined--through the HOLY SPIRIT for marriage to JESUS CHRIST, the PERFECT BRIDEGROOM, and better and more successful than any matchmaking mother, online service, or well-meaning friend is HIM—the Supreme Matchmaker—our heavenly Father, GOD.
