Whenever I see...

I love rainbows.  (I've even been known to get almost as worked up about them as the famous You Tube sensation "Double Rainbow Guy".)  As a very small child, I was told the bible story of Noah's Ark and the rainbow God sent to promise He would never again destroy with a flood.  So, to me, the rainbow was a personal gift from God.  A reminder, if you will.  A beautiful, awe inspiring reminder.

The pastor at my church has encouraged us to read through the bible this year.  He also added that as we read each day, to look for a characteristic of God.  So, as I read the account of Noah, his family, and pairs of animals in the ark, I was mindful to think about the Character of God.

Now, I must share with you that I truly believe that the bible is the Living Word of God.  By "living", I mean that each time I read it the Holy Spirit points out something that I had never seen before or something that relates to my life at that moment like it has never related before. Sometimes I've prayed for this insight.  Sometimes it happens out of the blue and I'm caught by surprise at His intimate and personal love for me. 

This morning, the Holy Spirit pointed out something that just made me smile.  A nuance to God's character that I made me grin.  After Noah and his family have stepped out onto dry land, God made a covenant with Noah that a flood would never again destroy the earth.  And the sign of this covenant would be a rainbow. 

And God said, "I am giving you a sign as evidence of my eternal covenant with you and all living creatures.  I have placed my rainbow in the clouds.  It is the sign of my permanent promise to you and to all the earth.  When I send clouds over the earth, the rainbow will be seen in the clouds and I will remember my covenant with you and with everything that lives.  Never again will there be a flood that will destroy all life.  When I see the rainbow in the clouds, I will remember the eternal covenant between God and every living creature on earth."  (Genesis 9:12-16 NLT)

 

God said, "When I see the rainbow in the clouds..." 

I smile because when I admire the beauty of a rainbow, I know that God is seeing that very same arch of colors.  That very one.  A moment we can share together. 

I love Him!