Contemplative Bible Reading

Genesis 6:5 (New Living Translation)

5 The Lord observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth, and he saw that everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil.

What a world. Can you imagine such a place with such an extent of human wickedness? Everything thought or imagined was evil.

We are not talking about deeds; we are talking about thoughts. Sometimes we think of good things to do, but we fail to do what we can imagine. At this time in Genesis, the thoughts were evil. What kind of deeds come from thoughts that are consistently and totally evil?

This begins the (hi)story of Noah, the flood, and sort of a second start.

What a place this must have been. Thank you God that I did not live in that place. And what am I thinking minute to minute, day to day? Please God, keep me from repeating this history.