God's Kindess In Marriage

And the Lord God said, "It is not good for man to be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him. Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him. And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. Then the rib which the Lord God had taken form man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. And Adam said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man." Genesis 2:18-23

I was thinking of this passage of Scripture this morning, and something struck me that I had not given much thought to before. This little story of how woman was created was before the fall, before Adam and Eve sinned. Adam, being a sinless man up to this point, enjoyed indescribable beauty in the garden, along with unending, perfect, untainted fellowship and communion with God, the Creator of all that beauty. And yet, even with this unbroken fellowship with God, Adam was, as the Lord Himself described it, "alone". Not only that, but God saw that it was "not good". How could this be? How could Adam need anything else, when he already had God? I believe that is the way the Lord created Adam. He created him with a human nature, though sinless in the beginning, that needed human companionship and love. It wasn't a sin for Adam to be lonely; it was in his nature. So God, being merciful and kind, gave Adam what he needed. A woman. A wife. The "helper comparable to him" was Eve, and she was "taken out of man". Adam needed Eve, even though he was with the God of the universe every day from the moment he breathed his first breath.

This is such a beautiful picture of marriage and how good God is to give us spouses. God, in His goodness and providence, created me to be someone's helper. That someone is my husband! I was made just for him! And my husband was created by God to need my love and help. That is so amazing! Praise the Lord for His wonderful design and creativity, and for giving me a husband to love, cherish, and be "a helper comparable to him".