Genesis 8:1-4

Genesis 8:1-4 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged; The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. God loved Noah and cared for him and his family. God would not forget Noah, even though the ark floated on the flood waters for over a year. It must have seemed to Noah that God had forgotten him. But God hadn’t; God knew exactly where Noah was and God would take care of Noah. So the waters began to go down. As the tremendous underwater volcano activity calmed, the mountains began to push up above the flood waters. And as they pushed up, the waters ran off of the mountains and down into the new ocean basins. But even after the ark came to rest on Mt. Ararat, it took more time for the land to dry off. Noah removed the roof of the ark and sent out birds to see what was going on. Soon, they were able to leave their floating home. I imagine it was good to be on dry land once again. Noah and his family had been through a lot! But God was with them all of the time. And God will be with you too!