The initial COVID lockdowns were hard. I understand why we had them, but it was really tough not to see people. We're not made to live like that, isolated from others, stuck indoors. It was such a relief to be able to leave home and go and see people.
That's the sense I get when I read this passage -- the lockdown is over, and God sends them out. The ark was always intended to be temporary. You can't stay inside, away from the world. There was a time and a place, and then God sent Noah and his family back out into the world.
In a way, we reenact this every Sunday. We gather to worship in the sanctuary, but we don't stay there -- we're sent back out into the world with the knowledge and confidence that God is with us.
God is constantly gathering and sending. It's the rhythm of life. The tricky part is to remember to worship, to breathe, in the parts where we are gathered, and then to use that energy as we are sent out, to love and to serve.
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