When God had finished making the animals, He said, “Now let US make a man. He can take care of all these things that We have made on the earth.”
This time God did not speak as He did when He made the fish and the birds and the furry animals. Instead, He took some of the ground and shaped it into a man, with arms, legs, hands, feet and head, just like you and I have. When He had shaped the man, God breathed his own breath in to the man and the man stood up before God. He was alive and big and strong. God called the man Adam.
Then God made a beautiful garden. It was called the Garden of Eden. There were all kinds of flowers and beautiful trees with fruit. God brought Adam to the Garden and told him to take care of it. It was a place where Adam would be very happy.
Soon after that, God brought all of the animals to Adam, so Adam could give them names. He saw how beautiful the animals were, and the animals were not afraid to come right up to Adam. They let him pet them. Of course, Adam knew just the right names to give to every animal. They would run off into the trees after Adam named them with their new names…the cunning chipmunk, the rabbit with long ears the very big elephant and the giraffe with his long neck!
But none of the animals could talk to Adam! God knew that Adam would be lonesome without another human being to talk to so God put Adam to sleep and took a rib from his side. God made a beautiful woman out of the rib. When Adam woke up, there was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen! She was to be his wife and live with him in the Garden of Eden and talk with him. Her name was Eve.
Boys and girls, God made Adam and Eve very special, just like he made you special. He loves you so much and wants to talk with you. He talks to you when you read the Bible stories and you can talk to God by praying to Him. God wants to hear everything about you! You are so very special to God that He sent Jesus to die for you so you could be with Him forever!
Remember you are special, one of a kind, and God loves YOU! John 3:16