Genesis 2

God did complete all that He wanted to do in 6 days, but He did a different kind of "work" - He blessed it and made it holy, because He rested from all He had done. God intended to have one day set aside to worship and rest. Some do it on the first day of the week while other chose the seventh. The summary of the Creation account in c. 2 was more to set it up for what man was suppose to take care of and enjoy. While the animals of the world were created, only man received His breath and in turn His Spirit. The importance of the waters flowing throughout Eden (although some of these rivers have dried up) is similar to that expressed in Ez 47.
A great commentary point: God gave Adam an important command. So Adam was responsible to God. As we shall see in chapter 3, Adam did not obey God’s command. In the garden, Adam had the freedom to be a friend of God. But Adam did not want this freedom. Instead, he wanted the freedom to do whatever things he wanted to do. He wanted to live his own life, without God’s friendship. So Adam chose to do evil things, although God had warned him about the results of such a decision. ‘You will die.’ Death was not part of God’s original plan for men and women. God wanted them to live always and to be his friends. But when men and women began to do evil things, the result was death. Their bodies did not die immediately. But their spirits were dead, because they were not still friends of God. And so they could not go to be with God in heaven when their bodies died. Adam’s decision to do evil things causes death for everyone. But Christ brings life to everyone who trusts him (1 Corinthians 15:21). Our spirits become alive immediately when we trust Christ. We must confess our *sins to God and we must invite him into our lives. Then we become friends of God. And we shall have a place in heaven. Christ has defeated death, but our bodies still die (1 Corinthians 15:26). But when Christ returns, God will change us (1 Corinthians 15:51). Then Christians who have died will become alive again. And we shall always live with God.
The chapter ends with the unity of marriage. True marriage is not two but three and with the third - should last forever.

What a weekend! Hurricane Irene wreaked havoc not only in our minds and gave us a heightened sense of paranoia (thanks news media) but also on our bodies and property. While my home was extremely minimal in damage, others lost power and thus had basement flooding or water damage. Spent the morning after making breakfast watching a streamed broadcast from GracePointe in Franklin, TN and heard a great message from Dave Ramsay. Then spent the next 4-5 hours helping my wife's sister's family getting stuff out of her basement after a failed sump pump left water in the basement. That was my workout for yesterday and today! Then after some weird e-mails came down to Delly last night so I could work out of here today.

Prayers for all my peeps and those who suffered greatly from this hurricane.

Praise for today: that I have a wife who is "bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh" and that God is in her!