Feivel

Remember that cute little mouse from American Tale?

 

That's what I thought of today when I was doing my reading.  Feivel.  More specifically the song "Somewhere Out There"  In the movie, Feivel is separated from his family and the song represents the hope that Feivel and his sister have of some day being reunited. A portion of the lyrics state:

And even though I know how very far apart we are

It helps to think we might be wishing on the same bright star

And when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby

It helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky

In Genesis 9:8-11 God establishes a covenant with Noah and his sons that never again would all life on earth be destroyed by a great flood.  In Genesis 9:13 God tells Noah that the sign of this covenant will be the rainbow and then in Genesis 9:15 God says that when the rainbow appears HE will remember the covenant.  Did you catch that?  GOD Himself would look upon that same rainbow and be reminded of His covenant with us.

When we see a rainbow in the sky, God, the Creator of all things, is looking on the same thing we are, at that very moment.  Isn't that cool?  Just imagine that...sit back and think about it..................go ahead, I'll wait...............................:-)

 

Ok, seriously though, of course we know that God doesn't forget things but He made a point of telling Noah that He would be reminded of the covenant too.   I think it is so cool that God chose to assign an everlasting symbol to the first covenant He made so that generation after generation after generation would have a physical reminder of that first covenant.

 

Unfortunately, the rainbow has been 'assigned' to a lot of causes and agendas in today's society, but God has not forgotten it's true meaning and we shouldn't either.  It symbolizes a promise between us and the Lord.  

• He made it
• He is reminded of it
• He will keep it. 

His promises are never broken and they do not fade.  The colors of the rainbows we see today are just as brilliant and true as the colors of the rainbows in Noah's time.  They saw seven colors then and we see seven colors now. 

 

Each time we see a rainbow we should not only be reminded of this first covenant specifically, but also of the fact that all of God's promises are just as permanent.  When God makes a promise He doesn't cross His fingers behind His back to cancel out the promise.  Nope! He keeps His fingers and toes where we can seem them :-)  He makes a promise and that's it - end of story.  The promise has been made and it will be kept.

So next time you see a rainbow, remember God is looking on that same rainbow!