"Then the Lord God said, 'It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner." (Gen. 2:15)
It is not good to be in the wilderness alone. When God created Adam, he also created Eve. When when Noah spend forty days and forty nights on the ark it was with his wife and their sons and daughter-in-laws (and Noah's wife's name was not "Joan of Ark"). When God called Abraham to journey to a far away land he called Sarah on that same journey. And when Jesus sent out the disciples in mission, he sent them out two by two. God created us in community in the very beginning and intends for us to be in community with God and with each other throughout our adventures in life. It is good to have a partner in the wilderness.
We were very excited this week when our son Adam and Brooke told us they were going to be married. We are excited to welcome Brooke into our family and her kids Phoenix and Gracie as our newest grandchildren. Who we share our life with is one of the biggest determinants of success or failure in life. God's call to partnership is part of what determines who we become in our life journey. It has been a joy to see Adam and Brooke developing as partners- in church, in music, in parenting, in life.
It doesn't seem that long ago when Joan and I got married. (We just celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary at Covenant Presbyterian Church.) We have always claimed each other as partners in the adventures in life whether it was raising a family, leading church, teaching college classes together, travelling or participating in Presbytery. God intended Adam and Eve to take that notion of partnership seriously and joyfully and I see our Adam and his Eve-Brooke taking that call to partnership seriously and joyfully as well.
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