Reflections

Genesis 2:18-25
God noticed Adam was lonely. Before God remedies the situations He gives Adam a command to name all the animals. I've found He does this for a few reasons. One God establishes His Status as Lord over Adam and allows Adam his first chance at obedience and allows for him to see God's faithfulness. God is my Lord and I follow His command because I see here in the scripture that He is faithful to Adam. By following Adams example here I have a chance to see God's faithfulness in my own life. Second, the whole time Adam is naming the animals he is alone and none of the animals can provide for Adam what God wants for him. Adam has a significant time to experience life without a helper. I think God is intentional about this because now that Adam knows what life is like without Eve he can genuinely appreciate life with her.
I like the way scripture describes Eve being made. When God causes a deep sleep to fall over Adam says to me something about God's gentleness and how He looks after us. Also the first time poetry is used is after the creation of Eve (V. 23) . Poetry is often used to describe something that cant be accurately described and it portrays a beautiful relationship that was formed between man and woman.