Day Two: Genesis 6:1 - 8:22
So I know that most of you are convinced that I am never going to finish this project. Considering that during the past two days read two small sections. However, I feel as though the past two sections I have read deserve a very special introduction.
Before I get into Noah, I would like to speak about a dream I had just last night, Involving Cain and Abel ( I know that yesterdays reading was actually over Cain and Abel, but now I feel as though I should speak on it). In my dream I was Cain and Abel was actually Ashton Kutcher (not character wise, but thats what Abel looked like in my dream). When I (Cain) killed Abel (Kutcher), God (Marlon Brando) marked me with the mark of Cain just like in the bible. However, in the dream the mark was not a physical mark, but an emotional and mental mark. The mark that God had put on Cain, was a mark that made him attracted to men. I am not saying that Cain was gay! I am not saying that Homosexuality is the "eternal mark of Cain". But it was an extremely interesting dream. Especially when God also told Cain that if anyone killed him. They would "suffer vengeance seven times over". This, however, was just a dream. Thoughts?
Noah and The Flood -
Noah must have been a truly good person. I know that if today, I heard God tell me that I was to build in ark, in order to save my family. I would've been too proud. Pride would've completely ruined this for me. Noah however, only wanted to save his family, and carry out Gods wishes.
I do think there was a small part that confused me. If God said he was going to make it rain for 40 days and 40 nights. Why did he extend it? Out of rage or anger? Thoughts?
It Shows how much God truly loves us in the very end. "Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done." It shows how much God really does want us to love him. Even when God does what he has to do, it hurts him. There is no scale that can measure how sweet God really is.
Having Fun So Far...
Kale
Too many thoughts for one comment, but here goes:
ReplyDelete-I'm very proud of you for taking this on. Even if you don't make it all the way through, you are doing something that I, in a lifetime of Christianity, church-going and bible-reading, have never done. Going cover-to-cover in the bible is challenging, but it's a challenge you can rise to. It's chock-full of little jems of stories that will get you through the geneology that's coming up... lol!
-Whenever you get to a part where God does something that doesn't make sense (extending the flood), remember that at the end of the day, God is a Father. All the emotions that exist inside us are gifts from God... and how would He know to give them to us if He didn't know them Himself? Just like any father here on earth, there are times where He changes His mind, where He gets annoyed, vengeful, wrathful and fed-up with us. But at the end of the day... the greatest of these is love... and His love (along with grace and forgiveness) for us is ALWAYS there... ten million times that of what our earthly parents could ever offer us.
-Your Dreams: While they might not reflect a literal interpretation of what happened in the bible, they might be a combination of what you're searching for to make sense of your own life and some things God is trying to tell you. Don't read too much into them, but don't dismiss them either.
-You have a nice writing style, Kale! Clean, concise thoughts that are easy to follow. Half the battle of having a blog is knowing how to use it, lol.
I'm excited to follow along and read more... you're off to an excellent start my friend!
-Emily :)