Genesis 8:13: Behold the Renewal
Christmas Tuesday, December 26, 2023
As we move from the Advent to the Christmas season, let us decide to make our hopes tangible, our dreams a prayer for our reality, our faith unwavering and our love secure. Let us cleave to the Creator, follow the Redeemer and rest in the Spirit. This week let us give one another the gift of preparing for the very real promise of eternity.
The Creator is always tending to our lives in small and great ways.
The dove came to him toward evening, and behold, in her beak was a freshly picked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the water was abated from the earth. (NASB)
The Spirit is constantly abiding with us to heal and renew.
When Noah was 601 years old, on the first day of the first month, the water was gone. Noah removed the covering of the boat, looked around, and saw that the ground was getting dry. (GNT)
The hope of Christ lives in us from the beginning of time.
By the first day of the first month of the 601st year the water had dried up from off the earth; so Noach removed the covering of the ark and looked; and, yes, the surface of the ground was dry. (CJB)
God reassures us that we are never abandoned or alone.
In the six-hundred-first year of Noah’s life, on the first day of the first month, the flood had dried up. Noah opened the hatch of the ship and saw dry ground. By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the Earth was completely dry. (MSG)
Behold, God brings life and rebirth to each of us, forever.
When we reflect on varying translations of the Noah story, we find assurance that we are never alone.
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