His Fame Alone

After creating the entire world and calling everything in it good, God made man; gazing down at his perfect creation God the Father said, “it is not good that man should be alone”. I believe the lack of relationship God called aloneness as he watched Adam was not solely the expression of an intimate love relationship or physical fulfillment, but one of community. Considering that God was right there with Adam, I had to ask myself… Was Adam really alone?

Adam was God’s perfect creation and community was a part of Adam’s DNA, so God made provision through Eve and those that they would pro-create for Adam to engage in living as he created us to live! Eve was Adam’s perfect helper not because she was good around the house, or as Jerry McGuire put it “because she completed Him”… I believe the main aspect of her “helpmateness” (I just made that word up!) was how she provided for Adam the ability to live in community with God and others! Eve was the perfect other, and God made Adam for Himself and for OTHERS! Suffice to say relationships are at the heart of God the Father and the reason for creating you and me! Read the rest of this entry »