Bone of My Bones: Genesis 2:18-25

The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."

Not good. In a creation pronounced "very good," one thing was not good—human solitude. The image of God, who exists in eternal relationship, was never meant to be alone.

Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.

A parade of creatures before Adam. Lion, eagle, elephant, sparrow—each one examined, each one named. Naming was an act of authority, of understanding, of relationship. Adam studied them all.