Ellen recently suggested I take a picture of Mt. Rainier from our rooftop every day. (Or, on a cloudy day, where Mt. Rainier would normally be visible.) A few nights ago, I was going through the first months’ worth of photos and noticed that I can spot a faint shadow of Mt. Rainier in this shot I took around midnight on July 23rd.
As I drove home from a trip to Border’s this evening, I was reminded of God’s covenant with the earth that Moses recorded in Genesis 9 –
Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying: 9 “And as for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you and with your descendants after you, 10 and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ark, every beast of the earth. 11 Thus I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
12 And God said: “This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: 13 I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. 14 It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud; 15 and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” 17 And God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth.”
Genesis 9:8-17 NKJV
While I doubt the rainbow I was able to enjoy on my ride home was as impressive of God’s first one, it was unquestionably the most beautiful one I have ever had the privilege of enjoying. Not only was it a pleasure to see, but it was a good reminder of God’s faithfulness and the grace which he has freely bestowed on mankind. Not only has he held to his promise to never destroy all flesh by means of a flood, but He, “has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved” (Ephesians 1:3-6 NKJV).
With that, enjoy these shots I selected to share with you all…
Outside Walgreens
Early Evening Sun, Easton Pond, Geneva Rd., West Chicago, IL
Easton Pond, Geneva Rd., West Chicago, IL
Look carefully and you can see a very faint second rainbow
