“It is not good for the man to be alone” (Genesis 2:18 NLT). God commissioned Adam to care for the creation. But alone? No companion? No partner? For the first time God used the phrase “It is not good.” Adam exercised his role as overseer and assigned a name to each creature. But the man could find “no helper just right for him” (Genesis 2:20 NLT).

Men, aren’t we glad? What if he’d chosen a warthog as a helper? But God had a special gift for Adam. God put Adam to sleep (thereby forever sanctifying the act of a good nap), extracted a rib from Adam’s side, and created the perfect partner. Eve, like the bone from which she was made, was created to remain closest to Adam’s heart. And life was good.

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