Chapter 5: i know that it's important to include genealogy because it shows the descendants and how it ends up being the line of Christ, but they sure can be tedious to read! it is interesting in this chapter though, one, i like to try to pronounce the names as best as i can, and two because of the ages people had kids and lived, i can't imagine living to be 96, much less have kids at 96!! it's craziness i tell you!! i don't want to die before my time, but i think i'm ok with my short span here on earth, more time in Heaven! (i say that, but i do struggle with dying, like most people, because i don't want to leave my little girl and hubby, even though i know i'll have all the time i want with them in Heaven, i just want to see my baby grow up and be there for her!) nevertheless, i know God knows what he's doing!! it's also interesting to read about enoch who was taken by God because he was so close to him! i strive for my relationship with him to be as close as it possibly can.
Chapter 6: God regrets making us. to me, this sentence brings me a sense of total shame, when we go to church, all we hear is about God's love and his love for us, but this says that he regrets that we live. he obviously had a change of heart when he thought of noah. this is a hard verse to hear because as a human with a human nature, i couple regret with doing something wrong, and God doesn't do anything wrong. so i have to first wrap my head around the fact that regret can be a word separate from sin and wrong doing. God saw everything was good just a few chapters ago and now because of human nature, he regrets making man to begin with. i'm thankful for noah and his obvious choice to not give into the temptation. we think it's hard being a Christian these days, imagine being literally the only one in the entire world, and these people were living hundreds of years, so the population was great, that's why God lowered the living age. he clearly had the most amazing steadfastness about him!
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