The modern. fictional version. Have you ever thought about the wife of the man God told to build an ark where there was no water? I wonder about her. We don’t even know her name but I think about how Mrs Noah might have reacted to her circumstances and events had she been a “Modern” woman. For the next several days, I hope you’ll go with me as we look backward, sometimes humorously, and always honestly, imagining how it might have been if we combined their situation on their “ark journey” with our modern attitudes. Maybe we can learn some things about them…and ourselves.
“So It begins”
Noah strolled in to where the Mrs was making bread. “Well, Dear,” Noah said, “I was talking to God and He told me something that is pretty interesting, to say the least. I’m not quite sure how to tell you.”
Mrs responded. “Just tell me.” She never stopped kneading. She had a bad feeling about this already. After living with him so long, Mrs knew that when Noah was hesitating, something unpleasant usually followed.
Noah was hesitating because he knew Mrs. He knew that his wife was not going to like what he had to tell her because Mrs didn’t much care for things that upset her routine.
“Well, God told me to build an ark because He’s tired of the evil in the world and He’s going to destroy the earth and everyone in it except for you, me, our sons and their wives. He’s going to bring a flood.”
Noah’s speech was met with silence. Dead, lingering silence. When Mrs did loosen her hold on the bread dough and turn to look at him, Noah saw abject confusion on the face of his wife.
“Noah” the Mrs asked, “Have you been in the sun too long? Do you need a drink, a washcloth? What is an ark? What is a flood? Are you sure that was God? Are you really sure? I know the neighbors are heathen, but are you positive God said that He is going to kill everyone but us?”
Mrs may have been like some of us. When our husbands tell us they’ve heard from God and we haven’t heard anything like what our husbands are saying, and if what our husbands are saying will bring change, do we wonder if he’s truly heard God? Do we wonder if maybe it’s a heat stroke instead?
For Mrs Noah, the journey began that may have left her, if she were like us, asking God “Is there another option?”
Tomorrow… “Impending Separation”
For His Glory 