try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm
come in, she said i'll give ya shelter from the storm A reading from excerpts from The Flood Saga : Like many Bible stories, this one is misnamed. The story of the flood, isn’t about “The Flood.” It’s about God’s provision . I know that’s not the way this scripture seems at first reading. At passing glance, most of us just take away the shock that God would let something like this happen. BUT, read this story carefully . See what garners more time and more attention… Because it isn’t God planning the calamity. No, that just occupies a few sentences. What gets much more time and attention are the pains God takes to plan for creation’s survival . This story is a familiar one in scripture; it’s about the lengths God will take to save creation. And there’s plenty of details to back this assertion up. For instance, what kind of words used to describe God in this harrowing scene? They’re not words like anger, judg...