When Communication Breaks Down

Open and truthful communication is essential to a relationship. Communication between God and Adam and Adam and his wife Eve is what sustained their relationship. A breakdown in communication occurred when Adam sinned. His sin had a vertical effect. It effected his relationship with God. God no longer walked and talked with Adam in the Garden. But it also had a horizontal effect. It affected his relationship with his wife, Eve. Open and truthful communication is important for developing and maintaining the deep intimacy that God designed for the marriage relationship.