Saturday, April 5, 2008

Thought #4

These are the clans of the sons of Noah, according to their geneologies, in their nations, and from these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood.
- Genesis 10:32

And there is life after the Flood.

Have you ever felt overwhelmed to the point of exploding, letting it all out? Gone. Nothing; so you won't have to deal with it anymore? You know that point, which may not be as specific as one moment, but may be a string of events, where everything just, well, it just sucks?

And, no doubt, it will continue to be horrible. The end of that fantasized tunnel does exist somewhere, but you won't find it even if you search it out. No, the end of (what we will call) stress will blend into you like a chamealeon and life will continue with subtle changes. Then when you look back on the situation, you might possibly be able to define the moment when everything became happy&normal&cool&allthat again, but it won't even matter.

Because there is life after the Flood and that will be the focus. There is life full of prosperity, long years, peace and so much of the good stuff. But maybe the most important is the development of your life, the maturity, the growth (into nations spreading across the earth, as I figuratively extended). All of this encompasses the unfathomable, the dreams that have not been dreamt and a future you cannot even picture.

So if you are floating on the surface of the waters or drowning to the deep, just know that there is life after the Flood. There is the "new" (in such a broad sense that you should remain awestruck). And there is re-population of the earth, a re-discovery of the many places you may have gone, but never really knew.

If not already, may your feet touch dry land soon. So hope, live and know life after the Flood.

1 comment:

amber said...

refreshing words of hope for my soul.