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The One Thing That Was Not Good

I (Larry) almost died in August 2021 from an illness. I was so bad off for a while that I couldn’t even get off the couch. Sue helped tremendously during my recovery by getting me the meds I needed, when I needed them, and nursing me back to health. It would not have been good for me to have been alone during that time.

And it has not been good for men to be alone from the very beginning.

What an amazing scene God lays out for us in Genesis chapter 2! Adam was in a perfect world, before sin, and in direct communion with God, but something was not good. Can you imagine that? But God Himself declared that “It is not good that the man should be alone.”

As Adam looked at the parade of animals that God brought to him to name, one thing became extremely obvious—there was no one for him.

What could Adam do to fill his own need? What could he do to take care of himself? What could he do to make things "very good?" Nothing. What a picture of the gospel! God alone could and did provide a helper for Adam, fulfilling his need for connection—completing him.

God brought Eve to Adam, and Adam said, “WOW!!” (loose paraphrase). God performed the first wedding ceremony, and then everything was very good, perfect. The man and woman completed each other, and they completed God’s amazing creation.

The first couple in human history became the first couple working together. God put Adam in the garden to work it and keep it, and Eve was created to help Adam in his life and work. As a couple working together, you are following the pattern God established from the beginning.

It is not good to be alone—we are made for connection!

Pray this prayer: God, thank you for my spouse. Thank you for bringing him(her) to me to complete me. Help us to connect deeply in our marriage. In Jesus name, amen.

Take action: Think back to the first time when you knew your spouse was the one for you. Take a few minutes together and retell the story to your spouse from your perspective.

Tomorrow we will look at Genesis 2:24 and see what it means to leave, cleave, and weave!