Tonight I read Genesis 2 and was really meditating on the truth that God did not ever mean for us to be alone... But first here's a tangent I also thought was interesting in verses 5-6...
At the beginning of it all, God did not create the rain.
Water rose up from the ground to water everything. It was like the built in sprinkler systems we have now.
As I sat here thinking about it, a thought dawned on me....I wonder if that means there were no weather patterns yet. It was a perfect world, one in which the vegetation was watered by the streams that came up from the ground.
How much I wish I could have seen this garden of Eden.
I'm sure it was quite the place to behold!
Now back to what I said earlier about not being alone... While reading verse 18, the realization of the awfulness of feeling lonely really sunk in.
I've had my fair share of feeling lonely. We moved around a lot as I was growing up and there is nothing quite like "being the new kid." Everyone else has their own group of friends and you have to try to find a place to fit in. It was definitely one of my least favorite parts of our moves.
God never meant for us to do life alone. I know there's been studies done and polls conducted that list loneliness as one of the top fears in life. It's an ache that stems from a very intimate part of our cores--we need companionship. It's how we were designed. Yet, so many of us fail to know how to even connect with each other. I can't help but wonder if our lack of connection is a purposeful plot by the side that wishes us evil.
God made you to have help...love...a friend--starting with Himself. Don't push away His invitation for relationship. He's the one friend I know I can always count on.
Next up... Chapter 3!
At the beginning of it all, God did not create the rain.
Water rose up from the ground to water everything. It was like the built in sprinkler systems we have now.
As I sat here thinking about it, a thought dawned on me....I wonder if that means there were no weather patterns yet. It was a perfect world, one in which the vegetation was watered by the streams that came up from the ground.
How much I wish I could have seen this garden of Eden.
I'm sure it was quite the place to behold!
Now back to what I said earlier about not being alone... While reading verse 18, the realization of the awfulness of feeling lonely really sunk in.
I've had my fair share of feeling lonely. We moved around a lot as I was growing up and there is nothing quite like "being the new kid." Everyone else has their own group of friends and you have to try to find a place to fit in. It was definitely one of my least favorite parts of our moves.
God never meant for us to do life alone. I know there's been studies done and polls conducted that list loneliness as one of the top fears in life. It's an ache that stems from a very intimate part of our cores--we need companionship. It's how we were designed. Yet, so many of us fail to know how to even connect with each other. I can't help but wonder if our lack of connection is a purposeful plot by the side that wishes us evil.
God made you to have help...love...a friend--starting with Himself. Don't push away His invitation for relationship. He's the one friend I know I can always count on.
Next up... Chapter 3!
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