Genesis 8:20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it.
The first thing Noah does after he gets off the boat is sacrificed an offering to God, an offering that pleased the Lord. I’m going to speculate that it was an offering of praise and thanksgiving.
Genesis 8:21a The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood.
I can learn a lot from that because I know that in every trial there is hope, there are things to be thankful for because God is with us in every trail, and that fact, His presence with us, is absolutely worth celebrating.
Genesis 8:21b And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.
Precious Savior, I feel like my words of encouragement sound trite, and I don’t mean for them to. I have been in valleys where Your presence is the only light I see. I have held on to Your hope with both hands. Help me, help us all, to see You, to praise You, to hold on to Your hope, no matter our circumstances. Amen.
Genesis 8:22 “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.”
Have a blessed day.