Noah's Ark

      Thus Noah did; according to all that God commanded him, so he did. Genesis 6:22

WOW. Can you believe that? Noah OBEYED God, he built an ark just because God told him that it is going to rain-and may I say...this area was so dry...there was "NEVER" rain!- Imagine how many people made fun of him while he was building the ark!!

But, he continued with what he did...unlike most of us-we would give up on a task even if just ONE  laughed or made the slightest little comment. Noah is a GREAT leader to follow now that I think about it...don't you think?

To bad for the people laughing at him because little did they know that they were going to die in the flood. It is pretty sad how so many people died, but they must have been REALLY bad if God (a loving, caring God) had to kill them so that the generation could start again...

God told Noah to take two of every kind of animal on the ark, (so that they could reproduce) his family, and that's all!!

Imagine how crowded (and stinky) the ark would be! Imagine taking care of all those animals! Honestly, I would like it because I LOVE animals, BUT I don't think I would have enough strength to believe that the ark will survive the flood :/ How about you? Please put your answer in the "comments" section :)

I saw this funny little joke online and I want to share it with you (yes, it has to do with Noah)

haha... I thought that was cute :)

Anyway, back to the story...

After 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS OF RAIN...

(I don't know about you but I think this picture is kind of creepy-but it is probably what it looked like!!)

The water STOPPED. But it obviously had to recede...Noah sent out a raven to see if there was land somewhere. NO LAND. Then he sent out a dove. NO LAND. Then he waited for another seven days and sent out the dove again. LAND! The dove came back carrying in its mouth a freshly plucked olive leaf. Then he waited another seven days and then sent out the dove (I honestly didn't know that he sent it out again after knowing there was land) and this time the dove didn't come back. Which I am guessing he didn't come back because there was A LOT more land.

Then once the waters receded and there was land, and also once the earth was all dry...God told Noah to bring out his family and all the animals. He did just as He was told.

Then God made a promise that He will NEVER flood the whole earth again. Yes, we see floods on the news BUT just one city or country isn't the WHOLE world...so yes, God did keep His promise. The sign to prove that was...A RAINBOW :)

REMEMBER, be like Noah, who followed through every step of the way, even through embarrassment, he kept on going. Look where it got him...now imagine how far it might get YOU :)