Sealed
If God has a signature, what would it be?
God said to Noah and to his sons with him, “As for me, I am establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you, and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the domestic animals, and every animal of the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark. I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.” God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.” - Genesis 9:8-17
All of creation is God's work, so you could say that God's signature is everywhere, but in today's reading, God wants Noah to witness a special stamp on the end of the rains, a bow in the sky.
He is not telling Noah the rains will never come again. That would be devastating to the earth. It has to rain, but the rains will end with a bow and all will be well again.
It can be easy to forget that God has given us everything, all we enjoy and all we pay little attention to. But how often do we stop and take notice?
We can focus on the rain and the floods that damage homes and even kill people, or we can remember the covenant and know that God will bring us back to dry land. This too shall pass, He tells us.
We may not always like the consequences, especially when we are suffering through the storms, but we should hold to our faith and know God is with us through it all.
The sign will be visible in the heavens.
More to come...