Finding good help these days can be difficult. Not the domestic notion kind of help that is cast deep in fiction and culture, but the good friend help where one person stands by and with you when challenges arise. Often it is a spouse or significant other fulfilling the charge. Sometimes the best help comes as a surprise that results in true grace and encouragement for the soul. On rare occasions it arrives by committee.

Opening the door to that help is a tough call for many people, Christian and non-Christian alike. A degree of humility is required. Therein lies the rub as our cultur...