Day 335 - May 17 - You want me to build a what?

Well, at church this morning we were discussing Noah and how God taught him faith - by giving him a task he knew nothing about, with absolutely no familiar points of reference (this sounds suspiciously familiar...). According to Scripture, before the flood it never rained on the planet - life was sustained through mists and springs that arose from the ground somehow. And Noah lived in an area that is pretty much desert, and may never have actually seen any substantial body of water. So for God to tell Noah that A) there's a flood coming, and B) it's going to rain for 40 days and 40 mights, and C) to go build a boat - all three of these things were completely foreign to Noah's experience. But he set out to obey, and do you know how long Noah worked on building the ark?

120 years.

Yipes! Noah built a monstrous boat in the middle of the desert for over a century; and every time his friends and neighbors asked him about it, he told them that he had to build it because God told him that something was going to happen that had never happened in the history of the world.

And I thought my faith struggles were hard. I haven't made it twelve months, much less twelve decades.

Father God, I cannot fathom what faith it would take to do this task for a century or more. Please don't give us any 120-year tasks! And thank you for giving us grace each day for the tasks we've been given.

I got to see Connor wiggle his left big toe multiple times yesterday. That was 'waay cool, and significant in that it indicates a nerve pathway exists in some fashion. Please keep praying for Connor's restoration, in this world, in this lifetime. And please continue to pray for strength and faith for us. Like our pastor said this morning, each day we get up and drive some more nails into our boat. We don't know how many more days we will have to do so, but we're continuing to get up every day and drive nails until God's purpose is accomplished.

Thank you for your prayers.

Eric

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