DAILY THOUGHTS: Daily Thoughts

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Daily Thoughts - Into the deep.

"Then Noah built an altar to the Lord, and choosing from every clean animal and every clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar. When the Lord smelled the sweet odor, the Lord said to himself: Never again will I curse the ground because of human beings, since the desires of the human heart are evil from youth; nor will I ever again strike down every living being, as I have done. All the days of the earth, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, Summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease." ‭‭Genesis‬ ‭8‬:‭20‬-‭22‬

The goodness of God! I sit and listen to the goodness of God this morning within scripture, His words satisfy a hungry heart. Noah has a good heart, he listened to God and was obedient to His will. Within the Ark, he is well protected, nothing to fear for God is with him. His desire, I believe, was for dry land, for the opportunity to go and create goodness with the gifts God gives him.

It isn't the destination that satisfies our hearts but the journey. Being made in His image and likeness, we desire to be like Him in all ways. We desire goodness, that is what we seek. The void left by the evil is replaced with the goodness of God when He is the one directing the ship. It is the journey drawing us closer to Him, with the knowledge that we are never fully there until our time is up. What is God saying to you this day?

Dear Father God, You hear the same world that I hear, You feel the same things that I feel. I thank You for the goodness that surrounds each of us to remind us how good You are to us. I thank You for the blessings of this day, we may not be able to offer up burnt offerings on the altar but my prayer is that our sacrifices will please Your heart. May we listen to You and You alone, that is my prayer this day. In Jesus name, Amen.

Mary, Our Lady of Hope, Pray for us.

St Joesph, Protector of Holy Mother Church, Pray for us.

St Ignatius, Pray for us.