"The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: "Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.""
Genesis 8:21
Getting up this morning in the mid-Atlantic you can only hear the heavy rains. I thought that I would visit God's promise to Noah and to all of us that he would never flood the earth and destroy all living creatures. We can be assured of this.
It is funny how I was thinking about how difficult a drive to work it would be. Then I read the story again and was reminded that while it rained for 40 days and nights, the land did not dry up for 150 days. That is one long commute. And I only have myself in the car. I cannot imagine being with 2 of each of the animals of the earth. What patience Noah had.
If I could just practice one hundredth of the patience that Noah must have had on that ark I will be happy.
God Bless you as you enter the end of the week.
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John, you got me thinking about other aspects of the Noah’s experience as well. Consider that he knew the flood killed everyone not on the ark--every person on earth except for eight. What a terrible thing to realize! Some Christian art shows people clawing at the ark desperately trying to get in as the flood waters sweep them away. Did Noah hear their pleas to open the ark? What must have been going through his mind? Is it any wonder that after the flood Noah planted a vineyard, made wine, and drank himself into unconsciousness? And yet, the apostle Peter teaches us that the great flood is a type of Holy Baptism. Amazing!
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