God Talks Out Loud

18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” 19 Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.

When we look at verse 18, we really need to stop and ask: "Who was God talking to?" Was He talking to all the planets, plants, and animals He had made? He was talking to Himself - in other words the Three Persons of the Trinity were talking to one another.  We see the same thing in 1:26, when He said: Let Us make man in our image, after our likeness. God "talks out loud" for our benefit, to let us know how He is thinking, why He is acting, and what He is like. He reveals to us what His character is, what His plan is, and what part we have with Him in doing it. He talks out loud to include us.