Genesis 8:17a Bring out every kind of living creature that is with you—the birds, the animals, and all the creatures that move along the ground—
I wonder what Noah’s default reaction was when he stepped off the ark. Was he thankful? Grateful? Frustrated? Angry? Bitter? Did he focus on what he lost or what he still had?
Genesis 8:17b …so they can multiply on the earth and be fruitful and increase in number on it.”
This is the season of thanksgiving, giving thanks, being thankful. But I know, for me, it is all too easy to be negative, to gripe and complain and focus on what’s not as it “should be.” It’s a matter of perspective, and choosing joy is something I have to be diligent about.
Genesis 8:18 So Noah came out, together with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives.
Precious Savior, Thank You for the reminder that perspective is important, that giving thanks is important, that choosing joy—joy in You, not in my circumstances—is important. Help me to root myself deeply in Your love, mercy, grace. Help me to shine Your light always. Amen.
Genesis 8:19 All the animals and all the creatures that move along the ground and all the birds—everything that moves on land—came out of the ark, one kind after another.
Have a blessed day.