And no, I don't mean a potato chip.

There is a chip in my sink.

Did you know that God told Adam that Eve was to be his "helper"? Yep, that's right. Now, I will admit, this used to peeve me quite a bit. I mean, seriously? That's what we're here for? To "help" our man? I mean, what about saving the world? Discovering the cure for cancer? Teaching the future generations? Becoming president of the U.S.? Well, now I've come to realize that God knew we were capable of all of these, and had lots of this sort of thing planned for us. But when speaking specifically to Adam, He surely understood the self-centered nature of man and told him just the part that pertained to him. Like, ok Adam, as far as you're concerned, this chick is great because now you have someone to keep you in line and prevent you from making a complete ass out of yourself. Which, let's all admit, men seriously need.

So, with the creation of woman, man finally had someone to watch his every move and tell him when he is about to do something completely idiotic. Here's the problem though: men don't think they need any help. It's like Adam heard the word "helper" and thought it meant "slave" or "servant." He's only to willing to have someone to do all the stuff he doesn't feel like doing. "Great, God!" he thinks. "Now I have someone to 'help' me clean the house and 'help' me make the dinner! Awesome!"

However, what I think God meant by the word "helper" is someone to, um, I don't know, actually help you with the things you're doing. Like, say you need to carry something big and heavy across the lawn, in the front door, and up the stairs. Rather than putting your back out proving what a big strong idio...I mean, manly man you are, you could ask your "helper" for some "help" carrying it. Or say you are working on a sticky problem that you just can't think of an answer for, you could try listening to the suggestions your "helper" makes rather than treating her like a little kid (Ok, that's nice honey, but you just don't understand. Now why don't you just run along and play with the kids while I solve this problem myself...). Or here's one: Let's say you're working on putting in a new bathtub, and your helper suggests, like, 100 times that you cover the other surfaces in the bathroom and don't just plop your big, heavy tools around every which way, potentially resulting in injuries to a previously perfect, say, sink, perhaps it would be better to heed your helper's excellent advise instead of shaking your head over her insane need to point out every possible thing that could go wrong.

Yeah, that would have been "helpful."