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While Adam Sleeps

There are seasons when God asks us to wait—not because nothing is happening,

but because everything is.

Scripture tells us that Adam slept while Eve was formed.

Not because Adam was unimportant,

but because creation sometimes requires stillness.

While Adam slept, God worked.

And I wonder how often we miss this truth—

that God may be shaping us in the quiet

while we’re searching for answers in the noise.

Waiting is not punishment.

It is preparation.

Eve was not rushed.

She was fashioned.

She was not formed in Adam’s presence,

but in God’s.

Before she ever met Adam, she met her Creator.

This is where awakening begins.

Not in striving to be chosen.

Not in longing to be seen.

But in becoming whole enough to stand.

God does not wake Adam before Eve is ready—

not because she must be perfect,

but because partnership requires formation.

Eve had to know who she was

before she could walk beside someone else.

Waiting seasons are not empty seasons.

They are sacred.

They are where God teaches us how to love without clinging,

how to desire without desperation,

how to rest without fear of being forgotten.

It is here—while Adam sleeps—that identity is strengthened,

faith is deepened,

and trust is refined.

Marriage was never meant to complete us.

It was meant to complement wholeness.

Eve was not created to chase Adam.

Adam was awakened to recognize her.

Bone of his bone.

Flesh of his flesh.

Not because she tried to be chosen—

but because she was already formed.

Awakening means trusting that God does not need our assistance

to fulfill His promises.

If we trust Him with our salvation,

we can trust Him with our timing.

So let this part of your life rest.

Let God do His work—unseen, uninterrupted, unhurried.

And when awakening comes,

it will not feel forced.

It will feel familiar.

Whole.

Aligned.

Because what God prepares in the quiet

will always recognize its match when it awakens.