“This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.”
Genesis 6:9
Most of my life I assumed that the phrase “perfect in his generations” was comparing Noah to all the others that lived during his life, but it occurred to me that the plural on the generations has meaning. Noah lived for 950 years, that is a lot of generations. To remain a just man for that many years and not become callused by life or loss in that time is significant. How many people these days loose faith in goodness before the age of thirty, let alone eighty. A cut throat world requires a cut throat lifestyle, right? And yet Noah was just for 950 years. That's admirable consistency.
But what is really great is that God counted him just. And we know that Noah wasn't perfect, he merely had a heart for God. Oh that my heart would be consistent toward God from now until He sees fit to take me home.
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