Rain Rain

I feel like Noah.  Not MY Noah, but THE Noah.  The Noah that MY Noah was named after!  I feel like i need an ark!  Now, don't get me wrong, I am not complaining about the rain...ALL THE RAIN we have been having.  I know we need it!  I often wonder what Noah thought about when he was on the ark that he built with all the smelly animals, waiting for some spark of hope that it would stop raining just like God promised.  40 days is a LONG time not to see the sun.  He must have wondered if it was ever going to stop, yet had this incredible trust in God knowing how he had fulfilled the first part of God's plan just by building the ark.  I think we can learn a lot from Noah.  We are entering lent..40 days (hmmm...coincidence? probably not!) to think about and asses our life and our walk with God.  What is God calling US to do?  Build an ark?  Collect the animals?  Well, with all the rain we have been having it doesn't seem so far off, but I am guessing that isn't His plan in our lives.  So what IS His plan?  What is God calling from us these next 40 days?  I think it is more than to just give up cookies or ice cream or even facebook.  I think He wants more than just an extra morning or night prayer added to our day for lent.  I think He wants US!  He wants our hearts!  He wants our Lives!  He wants our SOULS!  For Forever!! 

Don't let these next 40 days slip by without examining where you are in your walk with God and what you can be doing in your life to fully strengthen that relationship!  I know I will be doing the same!