Noah...

This week's reading is from Chapter 6:9 to 11:32.

To get the general feeling for the section,
here is my humble summary:

Chapter 6: God tells Noah to build an ark. Noah obeys.
Chapter 7: God judges the earth with the flood.
Chapter 8: The water dies down, and everyone disembarks the ark.
Chapter 9: God blesses Noah and family. One of Noah's sons, Ham dishonors Noah.
Chapter 10: The listing of the descendants of Noah's sons.
Chapter 11: Tower of Babel. Genealogy from Noah to Abram.

My focus in this section: Chapter 9:8-17

That is, God's covenant with the rainbow.

During the last 4 months of residence in Hawaii, I've seen more rainbows than I've ever seen living elsewhere put together. Many of the times, they're doubled up, with the colors inverted on the outside.

Initially, I was like "oooh." These days, it's more like, "oh, hey..."

It's definitely a novelty, and like any other novelty, I suppose there probably will come a time not too distant in the future when the novelty has long faded into something less significant.

Call me a lame romantic, but I think that is kind of sad. But also being a realist, I see it as a part of the human nature.

Although I may sound as I may be digressing, the point here is that the covenant was made by God, who sees all the rainbows that appear on the face of the earth, including Hawaii, and remembers His promise.

God is good.


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