Noah! What Were You Thinking?

   Noah, as we all know, talked to God and God told him to build a giant boat.  He told Noah that it was going to rain (a novel notion at the time) and that everything was going to be swept away except Noah and his family and all of the animals that were brought aboard the ark.
   Consider if Noah were to embark on such a project today..  He would immediately be branded as a wild-eyed crazy man, but probably harmless.  News stories would be written chronicalling the construction of the strange vessel.  "Experts" would be sitting around tables discussing whether or not global warming could in fact produce such a rain.  Other experts would be wondering if there were environmental "concerns" about the project, especially the impact on the cedar tree population.  Protests would be organized to decry the racism and bigotry of not letting anyone other than his family to come aboard the vessel once the rains came.  Environmentalists would be horrified at trying to bring mating pairs of animals into the ark, since food and living conditions would be very limited and certainly not very sanitary.
   The ark gradually took shape and its size was truly remarkable.  Experts questioned whether it would ever float at all.  Since Noah did not have certification to pilot such a ship, government agencies sifted through regulations to see if  he should be ordered to stop building until adequate studies could be made to determine the seaworthiness of the craft.
   Noah's claim that the ark's shape had been given to him from God was met with arrogant smugness since"everyone knows" that the idea of God is quaint fairy tale from long ago that has now been vanquished by "modern " science.
   Then it started raining.
   The rain came in torrents.  Giant subterranean geysers erupted pouring untold millions of water into the oceans and seas.  Thousands of people surrounded the ark, trying to get on board.  Slowly the giant craft was lifted from the cradles in which it was constructed.  It had no engines, no sails, no rudder.  It was afloat and now at the mercies of the winds and currents that swirled around it.
   Another ark of sorts was constructed a couple of hundred years ago following the same instructions Noah had received.
   This ark, however, dwarfed the original ark and become the giant vessel known as The United States of America.  This ark was designed to offer freedom justice and -yes - salvation to a fatally flawed human race.
   Just as in Noah's time, the idea that God could speak so profoundly in history was widely ridiculed. So today those who do not understand the deep faith of our founding fathers do not know how the country was founded or, more importantly, why.
   The shear power and majesty of the United States challenges all of these people try to master it, bring it under their control or even dismantle it.  They think that they can have all of the freedoms and justice and prosperity while denying the existence of the architect who designed it.
   The book of Genesis is required reading for those who would seek to understand what the great creator of the universe has in store for His children  If you think this is a fairy tale, I suggest you sit down and write out your own fairy tale.  It is an eye-opening experience.