Show Don't Tell: Genesis 8:20-22

Instead of saying "Noah built an altar and God made a promise," watch him stack the stones. His first act on dry land isn't building a house or planting a garden—it's worship. Feel the rough rocks in hands that spent a year gripping ark rails. Watch him select from the clean animals, the ones he brought in sevens. The knife. The fire. The smoke rising. Smell the burnt offering climbing toward heaven—a pleasing aroma to the Lord. And here, in the aftermath of total destruction, God speaks not judgment but promise. "Never again will I curse the ground because of humans." Feel the relief wash over creation itself. Seasons will continue. Seedtime and harvest. Cold and heat. Summer and winter. Day and night. The rhythm broken by the flood is restored. The world will keep spinning.