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Day 3, or January the 3rd. Is it worth just one

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more try? Our thought today is rooted in Genesis

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chapter 6, verse 6. The Lord regretted that he

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had made human beings on the earth, and his heart

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was deeply troubled. First, the big picture surrounding

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this verse. One of the most famous accounts in

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the whole Bible comes next. God tells Noah to

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build an ark or a boat. Of course, Noah had never

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seen an ark before, so this was a real step of

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faith, and remember, he couldn't Google it for

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more information. This was the strategy God used

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to save all the different life forms on earth,

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including mankind, before the water obliterated

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everything. The word used for ark is the same

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one used to describe the basket made for Moses

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when he was a baby, and in which he was left

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floating on the Nile and later rescued by an

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Egyptian princess, as recorded in Exodus chapter

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2 and verses 3 and 5. The box which stores the

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Ten Commandments inside the tabernacle is also

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called an ark. When the flood finally recedes,

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the ark is deposited on Mount Ararat in present

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-day Turkey, and the family of Noah resume their

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lives, thanks to their gracious God. And now

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our action step for today. Chapter 6 includes

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some of the most sobering words we have from

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God. He actually regretted making human beings.

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I have to admit there are many projects I have

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started which have not worked out well, but I'm

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surprised that God had the same experience. The

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problem was God gave humans free will, and they

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chose to ignore his advice and deliberately went

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their own way. However, God was so committed

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to us that he decided to give us a second chance,

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and that is where the Ark of Noah comes in. The

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issue is not do we have any failures or disappointments

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in our lives, but what are we going to do about

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them? If something popped into your mind when

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you heard this, it could well be the Holy Spirit

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urging you, with His help, to resolve a specific

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issue in your life, right now. Don't give up.

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Give it another chance. After all, where would

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we all be if God had simply given up.