Saturday, August 18, 2007
I wonder about Noah...
When it rains here in AZ everything is so terribly dirty. I wonder... as the water receded was Noah confronted with the deposits of dead tree branches and leaves we find here after a hard rain? Now, granted, it was a little wetter in Noah's day... but still. We just have this picture of a green pasture and bouncy animals coming of the ark. I like to think Noah saw something a little less 'pretty' maybe because when I look at our desert landscape after a rain I like to think I catch a small glimpse of what it may have been like.. and even more so feel a peace when I look up to see a rainbow after a storm. Great reminder of God's presence- even when the surrounding world isn't so very neat and pretty.
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wow - deep thoughts. i guess i've always pictured him coming out of the ark into this pretty, peaceful world. but can you imagine looking at the damp, muddy ground, no big trees, little vegetation, and realizing you are truly the only people on earth?
But I agree that the rainbow was probably a lot more beautiful than we usually picture it.
what does a rainbow look like with no smog in the air?
VERY good point, Chris. God isn't about everything being pretty all the time. (thankfully:)
I wouldn't know...I live in a major city, remember?
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