Two people in deep conversation, leaning toward each other, completely absorbed—not in
their phones, not in distractions, but in each other. This is what we were made for.Scripture: Genesis 2:18 "The LORD God said, 'It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper
suitable for him.'"
In a creation account where everything God makes is declared "good," these words land with startling force: "It
is not good."
The Trinity—Father, Son, and Spirit in eternal relationship—looks at the human and says, in effect, "This
doesn't look like us." God is never alone. The divine life is perpetual communion, an "eternal dance," as Eugene
Peterson describes it, of mutual love and delight. To leave Adam solitary would be to leave the image
incomplete.
We often read this passage narrowly—about marriage, about romantic partnership. And yes, marriage is one
beautiful expression of what God is doing here. But Paul will later reveal that he was actually talking about the
church, about the body of Christ, about a community that images the Trinity's own life together.
There are those who will never marry, those whose marriages have broken, those who live in profound
loneliness. Does God not care about them? He cares desperately. "We don't do alone" is not just a statement
about romantic partnership. It's a declaration about the shape of human flourishing—a flourishing meant to be
found ultimately in the community of Christ.
We were made to need each other. Our spikes and edges, our difficulty loving well, our relational brokenness—
none of this erases the fundamental truth that isolation is death and communion is life.
Where do you experience genuine community—the kind where you can be "naked and unashamed"?
What layers or masks do you wear that prevent others from truly knowing you?
Prayer Prompt: Consider where you might be settling for isolation when God is inviting you into deeper
community. Ask the Spirit to show you one step toward more vulnerable connection.
Theological Insight: Stanley Hauerwas argues that the church exists as a distinctive community—a "colony of
heaven" forming character that cannot be formed in isolation. Christian virtue is inherently communal. We
become who we're meant to be together or not at all.
Ephesians 5:31-32; 1 Corinthians 12:12-27; Hebrews 10:24-25