The trouble in paradise comes in chapter three but in the beginning
everything was perfect. The “one flesh” couple lived without fear or guilt or
shame or any of the ways of being and doing and thinking that rip one flesh
apart and cause untold heartache. But once the two lusted after the forbidden fruit
and crossed the line between creature and creator they no longer felt
comfortable in their own skin. Relationships between help mate partners have
never been the same despite the fairy-tale optimism of happily ever after. Not
that help mate partners cannot be “one flesh” in a way that benefits both. It
just takes more clinging to each other than we may care to or are able to do.
So going back to the beginning is helpful. Not the first blush of love, though
that is very nice, but the beginning of this story. It was not good for the
first human to be alone and so God gave the gift of the other who can be “one
flesh” with us. If we think of ourselves as taken out of and given to each
other we might cling to one another in ways that make the best parts of the
fairy-tale come true.
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