Then comes Adam, the triumph of God’s handiwork. It is not to any member of the animal kingdom that God says, “You are my very image, the icon of my likeness.” Adam bears the likeness of God in his fierce, wild, and passionate heart. And yet, there is one more finishing touch. There is Eve. Creation comes to its high point, its climax with her. She is God’s finishing touch. And all Adam can say is, “Wow.” Eve embodies the beauty and the mystery and the tender vulnerability of God. As the poet William Blake said, “The naked woman’s body is a portion of eternity too great for the eye of man.”
(Wild at Heart , 36–37)
PS WHen I wrote this - didn't pay attention to the "cheeky" thing up top, the emotion thing or whatever it is - this wasn't meant cheeky, it was meant as a compliment. Its one that I have paid my dear bride, and discussed in mixed company for some time - since I read the book. It gave me a different perspective on women in general and frankly an awe. In any event I thought some of you would enjoy it. Hope you do. The emotive thing is set to cool now - so I can go back to my natural state of being .....not.
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