How you doin? I'm very tired today. I was up at 4am due to dreams. Fortunate that a dream interpreter is coming here. Sometimes I think I may be better off not knowing what my dreams mean. It's no surprise to me that the dream that woke me up was work related. It was a very long day yesterday and even a longer night. Oh well! There's way more good days then bad at work. Today's a new day. Genesis 8 today.
Verses 8-9, "Then he sent out a dove from him, to see if the water was abated from the face of the land; 9 but the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, so she returned to him into the ark, for the water was on the [d]surface of all the earth. Then he put out his hand and took her, and brought her into the ark to himself." This verse has always stood out to me. I see the dove as a symbol of the Holy Ghost. It's the Holy Ghost that is our Helper here on earth. So it would make sense. The way that the dove "returned to him into the ark" and not just returned to the ark is very personal. The way that Noah "brought her into the ark to himself". The parts that I highlighted makes me think of Luke 10:5-6, "Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house.’ 6 If a [c]man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you." As you all know the dove eventually brings back a freshly picked olive branch. In verse 12, "Then he waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; but she did not return to him again." The dove had a place to rest. I could be way off on this, but it sounds like this is what we are to do in the world. It sounds like a means of spreading the good news. I've experienced this in different places where I tried to share the good news and it was not received well or at all. I wished I could pull my words back to me. Know I believe I can. It's really the loving thing to do. If someone isn't receiving the peace that's in you, it will most likely turn into an argument or debate. Convincing someone of truth is futile. It's like someone that doesn't believe the sun rises and you're trying to convince them it does. If you think about it, you most likely have never argued a point as truthful as the sun rising. To me the right Gospel is as true as the sun rising.
Verses 20-22, "Then Noah built an altar to the Lord, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21 The Lord smelled the soothing aroma; and the Lordsaid [k]to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the [l]intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again [m]destroy every living thing, as I have done.
22 “While the earth remains,
Seedtime and harvest,
And cold and heat,
And summer and winter,
And day and night
Shall not cease.”'
I love God's compassion here. These verses represent the fellowship that I so desire with God. Noah worshiped Him and God lavished love on to him and the earth. Send out your peace, but let it return to you if it has no resting place today.
Seedtime and harvest,
And cold and heat,
And summer and winter,
And day and night
Shall not cease.”'
I love God's compassion here. These verses represent the fellowship that I so desire with God. Noah worshiped Him and God lavished love on to him and the earth. Send out your peace, but let it return to you if it has no resting place today.
PS This personal sending and receiving of the Holy Ghost also reminds me of Matthew 7:6,
"Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
" There's something about having a personal element to my relationship with Him. He's not just the warden who releases me out of the prison of hell. It's a fellowship with Him that is most important.
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