YB-3005

創世記 二 : 21-22
尺寸：38×47cm
材料：蠶絲線

上帝造男造女

神按照自己的形像造了亞當，使亞當擁有屬神的性情及聰明才智得以管理萬物大地，享受伊甸園一切美好事物。然而，聰明才智即或揮灑不盡，美好事物即或悅人耳目，在心靈的最深處，似乎總有一微弱細小、卻縈繞不去的無聲吶喊：寂寞啊，寂寞，好寂寞啊！
神說：「那人獨居不好，我要為他造一個配偶幫助他。」神使亞當沉睡，他就睡了；於是取下他的一條肋骨，又把肉合起來。神就用那人身上所取的肋骨造成一個女人，領她到那人跟前。宛若疼愛不捨女兒出嫁的父親，慎重地將夏娃帶到亞當面前，慈祥地叮囑祝福新人彼此珍愛一生。
我們愛，因祂先愛了我們。祂知道我們生命最深處、甚至無法以言語表達、自我無法意識察覺的深層需要。

God Creates Man and Woman

Genesis  2 : 21-22

God made Adam in the divine image so that he would reflect divine qualities.  Like God, Adam would be passionate and intelligent in managing the earth.  Adam would also enjoy the beauty of Eden.  But despite Adam’s wisdom and the beauty of Eden, he felt lonely deep down in his heart.

“It is not good for Adam to live alone,” God said.  “I will create a helper for him.”  And so, God put Adam into a deep sleep.  While Adam was sleeping, God took out one of Adam’s ribs and sew Adam’s body back together again.  From this rib, God created a woman.  Like a loving father-of-the-bride, God tenderly led Eve to Adam.  God blessed the new couple and told them to love each other all their lives.

We love because God first loved us.  God knows our deepest needs – from the needs that we don’t know we have to the needs that we don’t know how to express.  God meets each of our needs when the right time comes.