There is a story in the bible that most of us have heard. It’s the story about Noah and the flood. After seeing how violent and corrupt the world was, God established a covenant with Noah, the righteous man who found favor in God’s eyes. God commanded Noah to create an ark which would hold Noah, his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives. He would bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, as well as food to store away. Noah did everything just as God commanded him, and then the floodwaters came. Noah, his family, the food, and the animals were shut into the ark by God. Everything that was on land had perished. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ark.

Maybe you can relate to this story. 

Maybe you've experienced loss. Maybe you feel closed off from the rest of the world. Maybe you have left everything you’ve known behind and are faced with uncertainty. Maybe you had a dream for your life that passed away, and now you are left with nothing. Maybe you even blame God for closing you in and allowing you to be in such a difficult situation.

There is a part of the story that I think goes unnoticed; a simple sentence that gives hope. 

“But God remembered Noah…(Genesis 8:1).” 

If you are faced with a storm that seems too strong to bear, know that God has not left you. He did not forget you.

After the floodgates had been closed, the rain had stopped falling, and the water receded from the earth, Noah sent out a dove from the ark. When it returned with an olive leaf in its mouth, indicating that the flood was over, Noah waited, and God called him and his family out of the ark and blessed them.

The story of Noah and the flood is not a story of loss; it is a story of new beginnings.

You may be in a difficult season of life right now. You may feel confused and uncertain of your future. You may feel like you’ve lost everything, but what you see as loss may very well be God preparing you for something much greater. The wait won't be wasted.

God remembers you, and He can turn your greatest loss into your greatest gain.