Genesis 7:18 The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water.
Again, today, I am thinking about Hurricane Helene and the destruction wrought in Western North Carolina by the storm. I want to make it clear that I do NOT think that what happened in WNC was in any way “God’s Wrath”. I am sure there are those who do, but I do not.
Genesis 7:19 They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered
However, because of the flooding, death, and destruction that so recently ripped through WNC, today’s scripture hits entirely differently. Waters rising with no end in sight, covering everything, destroying so much in its path? I’ve seen those pictures. Humans and animals swept away by the storm? I’ve heard those stories. Horrifying. Unfathomable.
Genesis 7:20 The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than fifteen cubits.
Precious Savior, I sit with today’s scripture unsure of how to process death and destruction on this scale–a scale that hits so close to home, given the recent destruction in the mountains. Help me to hold on to You, hold on to hope, when life throws unfathomable destruction into the world. Help me cling to You as I try to make sense of the senselessness. Help me. Amen.
Genesis 7:21 Every living thing that moved on land perished—birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind.
Have a blessed day.