In Creation, God made the Heavens and the Earth and all that is in them.  In Genesis 1:29 God tells mankind, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you…”  God had given all the earth as a gift to man.  It was something they were supposed to treasure, maintain, and help to flourish, but before that God gave man an even more important gift. 

In Genesis 2, God explains the events by which God created man and placed him in creation.  During this time God notices something about man:  He is alone. (v. 18) For the very first time God is not satisfied with what He had created.  Man needed something, man needed someone.  God presents every creature that he had created before the man for him to name, but there is not one among them that can serve as a helper for man.

Therefore, God puts the man to sleep and from one of his ribs He makes a woman and gives her to the man.  The first gift that God would give humanity is the blessing of women.  God created man, but He could not say that he had created them in His image until there was woman there to compliment him and fill what was lacking (Genesis 1:27)

Even today God blesses this world and the church with wonderful, godly women.  As we take this weekend to celebrate our mothers, let us not forget to also celebrate our wives, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, daughters, nieces, and granddaughters who fill our hearts with such joy.  Like Creation, these women are to be treasured and encouraged.  For God himself said that they are “precious in the sight of God.” (1 Peter 3:4) They are a reminder that God loves us and He provides for us.  Praise be to God for such a wonderful gift!!!!