Learning from Noah's Story
Life has been really full the last few months, so a weekend away in Lancaster, PA with my mom, sister and aunt was the perfect break! Even though Lancaster has beautiful scenery, delicious food, and great shopping deals, our main purpose in going was to see “Noah” at the Sight and Sound Theatre. What I loved most about seeing “Noah” is that while it was wonderfully entertaining and complete with many live animals, they also deeply paralleled the story of Noah with the gospel and the Christian life. I became aware of how relevant one of the most famous Old Testament narratives is to my life in 2013. The Bible doesn’t give all of the details of the events surrounding the building of the ark so some of what I’m talking about isn’t actually in the Bible; it’s just their creativity in interpreting what could have happened while Noah was building the ark. The production opened with showing how Noah walked with God, and when he heard God speak to him, he obeyed God’s in...