God created Heaven and Earth to be his dwelling, and his desire has always been to share it with us. Genesis 2 gives us a picture into God’s nature as a loving and relational God who has chosen to include us as partners in caring for creation alongside him. It also serves as an encouragement that any disconnect we now feel with God, was never meant to be what we experienced. We were made for intimate relationship with him. God always desires this, and we are meant to thrive as people deeply loved and created with unique gifts, called out into the world with a purpose.