Grains of Sand

Pixabay It’s amazing what doesn’t get noticed—until it does. Noah, his family, and the animals, were released from the ark. Before them lay a new life and new beginnings. To commemorate the event God made a promise to Noah: “ I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you—every living creature on earth. I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth ” (Genesis 9:9-11). The sign of this promise was the rainbow. I never noticed before that God makes very clear that this promise is also one made to the animals—as though He were talking to them as much as He is talking to Noah and his family. We have horse whisperers, dog whisperers, and who knows what other whisperers are out there. But it appears that this gift is...