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Rainbow

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Edited by Kay Beam

Back in August I was preparing to teach the 4th and 5th grade students at church. We were learning about the book of Genesis and I was teaching about Abraham. But the week before we learned about Noah.

At the Saturday night service, we were reviewing the stories, and I talked about the rainbow that God used as a promise:

“Then God said, “I am giving you a sign of my covenant with you and with all living creatures, for all generations to come. I have placed my rainbow in the clouds. It is the sign of my covenant with you and with all the earth. When I send clouds over the earth, the rainbow will appear in the clouds, and I will remember my covenant with you and with all living creatures. Never again will the floodwaters destroy all life. When I see the rainbow in the clouds, I will remember the eternal covenant between God and every living creature on earth.” Then God said to Noah, “Yes, this rainbow is the sign of the covenant I am confirming with all the creatures on earth.””
Genesis 9:12-17 NLT

So after the review we went on to tell the story of Abraham (some of that lesson was put into the post "Stars").

After church that evening, my family and I went to Walmart. We were in the store for about an hour, and it was raining while we were there. We finished up shopping, checked out, and headed outside. When we got outside, to the left was a big huge rainbow. It was one of the brightest and fullest rainbows that I have ever seen.

I quickly grabbed my phone, along with everyone else who was in the parking lot, and took this picture.
In that moment, the rainbow that I saw took on a whole new perspective for me. I had just told a group of 10-11 year old students about what that rainbow meant, and then I got to see one that bright and full. I used the picture during the Sunday morning services, and it really added something to the lesson.
God has made many promises throughout the Bible. But God’s credibility started here in Genesis 9. God said that the rainbow is a promise to us that He will never wipe out the earth again with a flood, and to my knowledge, there has not been a global flood since Noah.
What an awesome God we have. He keeps his promises and we can remember that every time we see a rainbow! 

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