First Sunday in Lent, March 1
Genesis 9:8-15. God said to Noah and to his sons with him: “See, I am now establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you and with every living creature that was with you: all the birds, and the various tame and wild animals that were with you and came out of the ark…that never again shall all bodily creatures be destroyed by the waters of a flood…I set my bow in the clouds to serve as a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.”
| It is only
appropriate that the season of Lent be in the early springtime of the earth, a
time of rebirth and renewal. God asked Noah to gather up his family and the
animals so that they may be given a better way in life. God established a covenant
with them that the earth and its creatures would never again be destroyed by water.
God put a sign up in the heavens among the clouds as a reminder to us of God’s
promise: a beautiful rainbow after a spring rain; another fresh start. - Bonnie Carpenter, Dining Services Manager, Wingra Café |