Flooding from the worst engineering disaster in US history decimated 80% of my hometown of New Orleans and displaced every known living relative of my parents. I never heard again from the handful of relatives who lived in New Orleans on both my mom and my dad's side. Catalytic. Catastrophic.
Noah never heard again from any of the thousands of people who died in the flood of his day---those who held evil intentions continually ~ Genesis 6:5. Serious business here. 8 Survivors. Noah lived because he found favor and walked with God---and he took his family with him. It was the generations gone by who decided to "call on the name of the Lord" ~ Genesis 4:26 ~ and pass down the truth through spoken words.
What would it be like to see your world fall apart in front of your ark window while you rocked safely on the untested waters for six months, crammed next to your questioning family and not-so-quiet thousands of animals---some commentaries say 16,000 in all. An unbelievable story of faith in the midst of screaming deadly circumstances.
What things loom and look impossible to me this year? Even this week! "The Lord shut them in" ~ Genesis 7:16. Has the Lord "shut us in" to make us holy?
PHOTO: Hurricane Season in my hometown.
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