Reading:
Genesis 8

So Noah and those with him were cooped up and adrift with death and destruction swirling all around them.

For a long time.

With nowhere to go.

Stuck, in a sense. Safe, yes, but “stranded” in the ark.

God had remembered to preserve them from the death and destruction.

But what about after the horrible episode was over?

“And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark…” (1).

God still remembers!

Even me!

“After the test, rest” — I just thought of that one.

And this one: “During the test, rest.”

I’ll take a mega size order of after-rest and an even bigger one of during-rest, please.

(Thanks!)

[And God remembered (Genesis 8:1)]
from Genesis 8:1

Reading:
Hebrews 11:1-10

What witness does God give of me?

What witness do I give of God?

What witness do others give of me?

I am very sure of this: My witness needs improving.

How?

Faith, according to verses one and two.

“For by it the elders obtained a good report” (2).

“By faith…he obtained witness that he was righteous” (4).

“By faith…he had this testimony, that he pleased God” (5).

[He obtained witness that he was righteous (Hebrews 11:4)]
from Hebrews 11:4