The Flood

I love a rainy day, but whenever it rains continuously for several days, I find myself thinking enough already. Give me cool fresh breezes and sunny days. Yet, there is no denying that the rewards of rainy days are beautiful gardens and verdant pastures, especially in Texas where you see miles and miles of wildflowers growing along our highways in every direction in the spring after a rainy winter.

As we read about Noah, we are struck by the faith of this righteous man.  God gives him specific directions for building the ark, and Genesis simply says, This Noah did; he carried out all the commands God gave him. Gn. 6:22  Then God commands him to get into the ark together with his family and a menagerie of animals, and this he obeys as well.  God says, for you alone in this age, I have found to be truly just. Gn. 7:1

How  sad then and now that only one man was found to be truly just.  We know the story. God destroys the earth, but Noah the righteous man survives, and through him God renews his covenant with mankind. 

After a hard rain, we see the rainbow, the sign of God's covenant with Noah and with us. There will be wildflowers in the spring. We have only to believe.