Noah Found Grace in the Eyes of the Lord

My Momma and Daddy were HUGE Southern Gospel Fans. Most of my memories of Sunday mornings, aren't necessarily of going to church (although many are since we faithfully went every Sunday). No, a lot of my memories of my mother making a warm breakfast (monkey bread being my favorite), and the Gaithers, The Blackwood Bros. or the Statler Bros. literally BLARING throughout the home. My dad and I would sing along while getting ready to go to church. My favorite was the Statler Bros. I learned all 12 disciples through these songs, and many other bible stories and verses. I can still give you all 12 disciples names...although, you would have to be prepared for me to sing them to you...its the only way I can do it!

Anyway. My favorite song was from The Statler Bros. Old Testament album called Noah found Grace in the Eyes of the Lord. I remember waiting with eagerness for God to scream out "Noah, Hurry Up and Shut the Door! and giggling over how funny that part was.

This week, Kaytlynn's verse was Genesis 6:8..."But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord." You can guess how thrilled I was. I had a ball downloading it right off of Walmart.com and letting Kaytlynn and Delaney dance to it. They don't listen to country very often (because we don't) so it was funny watching them "square dance" to it. It made me want to share all of those songs with them.

And what a wonderful opportunity to be able to teach Kaytlynn about what Grace is, and how we have received God's Grace since Hurricane Ike hit, even though we don't deserve it. That he has the whole world in his hands, so to speak! And that the rainbow is here to remind us of that!

Just in case you are interested...below are the words. The videos can be found on Youtube.com with the Statler Bros. singing it, and also with Berl Ives giving it ago (but his is definitely a different version!


Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord
Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord
That is the reason the Scriptures record
Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord
Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

Well, the Lord looked down from His window in the sky
and saidI created man but I don't remember why
Nothin' but fightin' since creation day
I'll send a little water and I'll wash 'em all away.

So the Lord came down to look around a spell
And there He found Noah behavin' mighty well
And that is the reason the Scriptures record
Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord
Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord
That is the reason the Scriptures record
Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord
Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

The Lord said Noah there's gonna' be a flood
And there's gonna be some water and there's gonna be some mud
Take off your hat Noah
and take off your coat
Get Ham, Shem and Japheth and build yourself a boat.

Noah said Lord I don't believe I could
The lord said Noah get some sturdy gopher wood
Ya never know what you can do till you try
Build it 50 cubits wide and 30 cubits high.

Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord
Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord
That is the reason the Scriptures record
Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord
Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

Noah said there it is, there it is Lord
The Lord said Noah it's time to get aboard
Now take a creature, a he and a she
And of course Mrs. Noah
and the whole family.

Noah said Lord it's gettin' mighty dark
The Lord said Noah get these creatures in the ark
Noah said Lord it's beginnin' to pour
The Lord said Noah hurry up and shut the door.

Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord
Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord
That is the reason the Scriptures record
Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord
Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

Well, the ark rose up on the foot of the deep
And after 40 days Mr. Noah took a peek
saidWe ain't movin' Lord where are we at
The Lord said you're sittin' on a Mount Ararat.

Noah said Lord it's gettin' mighty dry
The Lord said Noah see My rainbow in the sky
Take all the creatures and people to earth
And don't be more trouble than you're worth.

Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord
Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord
Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord
And he landed high and dryAnd he landed high and dry.
And he landed high and dry...

Cute memory...

I am typing this post because I don't ever want to forget that Delaney's favorite place to shop is Home Depot. Both of my girls LOVE to shop, which is pretty normal for the average female human, but when you ask Delaney where she wants to go, she will answer HOME DEPOT!!! She goes nuts when we are driving around and spots that orange sign on a billboard, or spots an actual store. We don't even know the reason why...we just know she has a grin from ear to ear when she is in there.

Post IKE

We are still in the whirlwind aftermath of IKE. Yesterday, we moved into a hotel. The kids think it is just the coolest thing because it has a pool. Who cares that it is only about 2 ft. wide, high and deep, right? They also think it is cool to sleep on a couch that rolls out into a bed. Don't you wish you had expectations that high!!! We are staying at the Comfort Inn and Suites in the Woodlands on I45. Its only about 6 miles North of where we live right now. We don't know how long we will be there, since we are still waiting on an estimate from the insurance company!!! You know how in Galatians you read about the Fruit of the Spirit. I am learning that I am in great need of some patience! I guess I am learning to have some through this...its just not so fun being in limbo all the time. I do want to say though, that I am still so grateful that EVERY need of hours has been taken care of up to this point. Which means, I really need to not care about it and just know it is going to happen when it happens. Its easy for me to say and even think that way. Its just hard believing and acting on it. That old bumper sticker applies to me that says..."Don't give up on me...God's not finished with me yet."