One more time…

I wrote a post a few minutes ago, but when I tried to publish it I lost it!

Oh, well.

I was writing about how much I love rain. It has been raining all day and on top of that it is VERY cold. It is in the lower to middle 40’s. It is so wet and cold our dog does not even like it – he has not tried to go outside to play at all today!

Sometimes when it is raining, I think about the flood of Noah. Though I love rain, thunder and lightning, I can imagine how dreadful it would have been to the people outside of the ark on that day.

Great flashes from the sky, the earth trembling as the fountains of the great deep erupted, thunder blasting through the air like the sound of a trumpet… Those outdoors must have ran home in terror. Those at home may have run outside.

As the flood waters started to rise, perhaps they ran to the hills, or crawled onto the roofs of their houses. It must have been a dreadful time!

Then I wonder what it was like to be in the ark. The crashes of thunder must have been magnified or perhaps it was built in such a way that instead they were quieter? As the waters rose and the boat swayed back and forth – or perhaps the boat was so big that it barely moved. It must have been an interesting experience and yet sad at the same time as the rest of the population –  humans and beasts – perished under the waters.

How blessed Noah and his family must have felt that God chose them to survive the flood!

Just thought I would share my thoughts…

Rebekah ~ The Lord’s Daughter

P.S. It is raining pretty hard right now!