Genesis 2:18b It is not good that the man should be alone;

Let me state right here, right up front, I am never alone. The Lord is with me. The problem for me is much as it was for Adam in those early days. God gave Adam responsibility and authority and walked with Adam every day. It is only within the realm of my understanding my relationship with God that I connect in any way as to what God and Adam talked about.

There is nothing that makes me so aware of who I am as being in His presence. He is God, I am not. As much as I would like to know what it is to be God, I cannot. God came in the Christ Jesus to experience all that man is in this world. He knows what I feel because of that. It isn’t just temptation, He took on my sins, so He knows from that how it feels to fail, even though He never failed the Father.

I know this to be true. Feeling it is another matter. Having all confidence in your beliefs do not always translate into the emotional aspect of being human. This is where a helpmate has the most influence in relationship. They feel what you feel. Not the perfect understanding, not the perfect answer, not the perfect solution, they feel your imperfection.

Paul was not given in marriage and he said that he wished that all men could be as he was, satisfied. Well I’m not Paul either. I have the Holy Spirit for the spiritual stuff, I have a helpmate for the rest. But what good does that helpmate do for you if you do not allow them to help?

Genesis 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

One meaning of cleave is adhere, as adhesive, which is likened to a root meaning to cook, a blending of elements under heat to mix thoroughly.

Now we’re cooking.