Genesis 6
I am so glad for Noah.
This chapter talks about how God actually regretted making humans. They had become so evil and corrupt that God was upset that He had made them in the first place!
Have you ever made something that you put a lot of time and effort into, that you were so proud of? I think that's a little bit of how God felt when He created humans. Until it all went wrong.
But there was Noah. And Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.
I wonder how Noah had the strength to remain righteous and to walk faithfully with God. With everyone around him behaving completely differently from him, he probably didn't have many friends, he probably didn't have a social life. People probably thought he was a little crazy since he was so different. And that's before he even started building the ark!
I wonder if, since people already thought Noah was a little crazy, if that made it a little easier to follow God's instructions to build a giant boat. It had to take so much faith for Noah to trust God and do everything that he said!
This chapter talks about how God actually regretted making humans. They had become so evil and corrupt that God was upset that He had made them in the first place!
Have you ever made something that you put a lot of time and effort into, that you were so proud of? I think that's a little bit of how God felt when He created humans. Until it all went wrong.
But there was Noah. And Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.
I wonder how Noah had the strength to remain righteous and to walk faithfully with God. With everyone around him behaving completely differently from him, he probably didn't have many friends, he probably didn't have a social life. People probably thought he was a little crazy since he was so different. And that's before he even started building the ark!
I wonder if, since people already thought Noah was a little crazy, if that made it a little easier to follow God's instructions to build a giant boat. It had to take so much faith for Noah to trust God and do everything that he said!
Genesis 7
It rained for 40 days. And then the earth was still flooded for 150 days. That's half of the year! I can't imagine being on a boat, not seeing land, for that long.
What do you think went through Noah's mind as he sat on that boat? He and his family were the only humans left. The animals on the boat were the only animals left. Everything in the future would descend from those on that ark.
Also, Noah was over 600 years old. He had a lot of life experience. I bet he had a lot of time to contemplate how things were before the flood and how they might be after the flood.
Do you think Noah would be happy about how you represent humans now? Do we strive to be righteous and faithful the way he was?
What does it mean to be righteous and faithful?
What do you think went through Noah's mind as he sat on that boat? He and his family were the only humans left. The animals on the boat were the only animals left. Everything in the future would descend from those on that ark.
Also, Noah was over 600 years old. He had a lot of life experience. I bet he had a lot of time to contemplate how things were before the flood and how they might be after the flood.
Do you think Noah would be happy about how you represent humans now? Do we strive to be righteous and faithful the way he was?
What does it mean to be righteous and faithful?
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