The Sound of Silence and A Peaceful Sleep

Genesis 5-8
The story of Noah is one most people are familiar with. I did notice a few things in these chapters. The first thing was about Enoch. When it listing the descendants of Noah it gives the same information for all of them. Enoch has something added to his legacy that makes him stand out. All the other men have that they lived so many years after having a son. For Enoch it does not say live. It says " walked with God". What an awesome legacy and one that I want my children and grandchildren to say about me, that I walked with God.
The next thing I noticed was in verse 8 of chapter 6. It the chapter it is listing all the things that were grieving God. In verse 8 though it says "But Noah..." How awesome are those two words. They saved the world.
In verse 22 of chapter 6 and verse 5 of chapter 7 we have evidence of the obedience of Noah. In the midst of a wicked generation he stood for God and built a boat in the middle of dry land. No one had even seen rain before. Yet, when God said do, he did. No questions asked. No excuses. Just obedience. How I desire the obedience of Noah. How I desire his courage to stand for God in the midst of a wicked people.
The last thing a noticed about this passage came in 7:22. It says here that every living thing on earth died. Imagine the horror of Noah and his family upon hearing the screams of those outside the ark. They were probably scratching at the sides of the ark trying to get in. There had to have been many tears that day on the ark. The horror and sorrow only grew as the screams turned into silence knowing that all was dead. The grief had to have been so heavy for Noah and his family. Do I grieve over the wickedness of this current generation? Am I trying to do all I can to tell them about Christ before their lives go silent? I need to have a more compassionate heart for the lost.
Moving on the Psalm 3
As a parent I cannot imagine the pain David was feeling over the betrayal of Absalom. He had to have thinking back to when Absalom was a child wondering where he went wrong. He had to be grieving over mistakes and worrying about what was going to happen to him. Yet, he slept. Or rather, God granted him a peaceful sleep. In the midst of grief, chaos, worry, and pain David was given the gift of sleep. I have been there. Lying awake at night crying out to God on behalf of a child. I have shed many tears in the recesses of the night. Yet, time and time again God has granted me peaceful sleep that can only come from Him. When my soul starts to worry I cry out to God and ask for a sleep that is truly heaven sent.

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