The Glory of it ALL

"Every single thing that happens to us expresses God's love to us, and comes to us for the furthering of God's purpose for us. Thus, so far as we are concerned, God is love to us--holy, omnipotent love--at every moment and in every event of every day's life. Even when we cannot see the why and the wherefore of God's dealings, we know that there is love in and behind them, and so we can rejoice always, even when, humanly speaking, things are going wrong. We know that the true story of our life, when known, will prove to be, as the hymn says, "mercy from first to last" -- and we are content." J.I. Packer

The TRUTH of the Gospel is woven through out time and throughout the Bible. ALL things are for His Glory. I am helping to teach the bible lessons to the children and we are now continuing our study through the Old Testament. This week we studied Noah. We were reminded again that "every intention of the thoughts of man's heart was only evil continually. Only Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord ( Genesis 6:5,8). "  We reviewed what sin was and how it make God feel when we sin.  

Continuing with the story, God made it rain for 40 days and 40 nights. Noah, his family, and the animals were in the ark for a total of 280 days.  One of the children stated  how that was a really long time . Another wondered if they were mad at God. Another child asked if they had any food?   I told him that God remembered Noah and all that were in ark and provided for ALL their needs.  We talked about how God is always with His children (Matt. 28:20).  God had a plan to complete, which ended in a covenant.  I challenged them to look into the sky during this up coming rainy season and see if they could find one of God's promises, which displays God's 

mercy that is from beginning to the end of time.