A Bump On the Horizon - part 3

Imagine the excitement shared on board as progressively, day by day, the boat slowly floated lower and lower. The boat wasn't anchored, according to scripture, so it would have revolved slowly toward the starboard or port side as the wind pushed it this way and that. The view out of the window framed a constantly changing picture of the new world. Sometimes the view would be encouraging. Other times the view would not be so pleasant. Sometimes the view reminded them of the beauty of God's creation. Other times the view would be a murky, muddy reminder of what had been their world for so many years. The reminders of the former world were all around them; broken pieces of lives never to lived again.

There was hope though. As the new world slowly gained focus, the group on board anticipated the next big event. They all must were wondering what it would feel and sound like when the ark finally, for the first time in over a year, hit the earth with a thud. Who was to say it would land on level ground? Would it be on rock? Mud? Bow end up or leaning toward the starboard side? They would have to wait until it happened to know for sure. The anticipation made a change however, and their lives were better for it. Because they knew that when that thud finally resounded through the decks of the craft they were one step closer to the reality of a brand new world.

In the mean time, the mountain lion and the yak, the platypus and all the rest needed water and food. Even through the wonderful anticipation that they would eventually hit land, their daily life routines didn't change much. The tasks of daily living still demanded attention. They know that one day that routine will change. But right now, with hope set upon a new life in a new world, they tended to the routine that must have become very tedious by now. The needs of all the life around them had not changed. They needed to perform the duties to which they'd been assigned months ago even while they looked forward to the day when they'd leave the drudgery and tedium behind and walk down the ramp to dry ground for the first time.

... to be continued