12 And God said, “This is the sign of
the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you,
a covenant for all generations to come: 13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds,
and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 Whenever I
bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 15 I will
remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind.
Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. 16 Whenever the
rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting
covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.”
Genesis 9
(New International Version)
I
was having a hard time last night coming up with something to write about here
this morning. I wasted time, as usual, scrolling through Facebook posts.
Someone had shared a picture of a rainbow, and I thought – ah-ha – that’s it.
Why
are we so fascinated by rainbows? Why do we drop what we are doing when we see
one? Or if it is late in the day and it’s been raining when the sun suddenly
comes out, why do we start looking for the rainbow in the eastern sky? (Or am I
the only one who does that?)
A
lot of people have read the passage above or at least know the story of God
sending the rainbow after the flood. But I think that without even knowing this
story, we want to look for something beautiful after the storm. We have an
innate desire for there to be something better on the other side. God knew this
about us when he created us and so He sent the rainbow to Noah and Jesus to the
rest of us.
Thank You, Lord God, for all that you
send us, for granting us something good at the end of every trial. But mostly
thank You for sending Your Son to save us. Amen.
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Beautiful
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