Everything I need to know about life, I learned from Noah's Ark.

1. Don’t miss the boat.
2. Remember that we are all in the same boat.
3. Plan ahead. It wasn’t raining when Noah built the Ark.
4. Stay fit. When you are 600 years old someone may ask you to do something really big.
5. Don’t listen to critics. Get on with the job that needs to be done.
6. Build your future on high ground.
7. For safety’s sake…travel in pairs.
8. Speed isn’t always an advantage. The snails were on board with the cheetahs.
9. When you’re stressed, float a while.
10. Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by professionals.
11. No matter the storm, when we are with God there is always a rainbow waiting.


Editor’s Note:
This anonymous article that was sent to The Christian Journal takes a humorous look at lessons from the Ark, but they make great sense. God is always teaching profound lessons through all the stories in the Bible. It is important that as we look at any story in the Bible that we see what the story teaches about history, but also what it teaches us today about life. The Ark represents God’s efforts to save mankind even when He is deciding that mankind needs to be restarted. There are always some in mankind who connect with God and understand His ways and His will. The small group is outnumbered by the masses who go about life doing things their own ways or following the crowd. Being a “Noah” means listening to God and standing up against the “tides” of life. It means stepping out and taking risks doing things the way God asks us to do them even if they make little to no sense at the time. It may not be a boat that God is asking us to build at this time, but anything He asks of us will take a determined effort to accomplish. The end result will be safety in the “storms” of life.

Chad McComas
The Christian Journal