18 The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) 19 These were the three sons of Noah, and from them came the people who were scattered over the earth.
20 Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard. 21 When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent. 22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's nakedness and told his two brothers outside. 23 But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father's nakedness. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father's nakedness.
24 When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him, 25 he said,
"Cursed be Canaan!
The lowest of slaves
will he be to his brothers."
26 He also said,
"Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem!
May Canaan be the slave of Shem.
27 May God extend the territory of Japheth;
may Japheth live in the tents of Shem,
and may Canaan be his slave."
28 After the flood Noah lived 350 years.
FOR US
What in the world in going on in this story? The best we can figure is that Ham did something very disrecpectful to Noah. This is why they are such dummies: They just got off the ark, saved by God, and look how they choose to behave. Noah gets drunk and naked, and we aren't quite sure what Ham did (and I am not sure we want to). What can we learn from these guys? There is never a time to stop acting Godly.
When is it easiest for you to stop acting Godly? Post it!!!
Is it easier when you are with others or by yourself?
Is it easier when you are having a good day or a bad day?
Monday, September 25, 2006
Dummies of the Bible: Noah and his Sons
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3 comments:
I think it is easiest for me to stop acting Godly when I am in the locker room because there is a group of ungodly people and there is music playing that ordinarily I wouldn't listen to on my own. It just becomes a place that I find myself getting lost.
I deffinately lose more control when I am having a bad day. Not that having a bad day should escuse my actions but I do find myself slipping up more when I am having a bad day.
See I waiver. Sometimes having a bad day makes me pray more and rely on God, where a good day I feel like I am in control. Those are the days I have a hard time remembering who really is in control.
When I am tired. This brings out the lazyness in me: when I am by myself I contemplate spending time in the bible or prayer OR taking a nap or something else. When I am tired and with others, I either go with the flow of things or disconnect all together.
I agree with Matt, on the good days being harder to be Godly.
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