The Rain and The Dove

As rain spilled down for forty days,

The earth was washed away,

And all that they could do was wait,

Try to stay dry, and pray.

God swore he would not destroy man

In that same way again,

And yet the sky is sodden with

Another week of rain!

But God sent Noah a small sign

Of his redeeming love;

So I know our rain, too, will pass…

Today I saw a dove!

Genesis 8:11

When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth.