God, Your trusting servant, Noah,
was ridiculed for setting out on the project
and the fearsome journey which you asked of him.

But he made Your will his own
without question, hesitation or doubt.
He built his ark and gathered the animals
and the rains came pouring down.

Noah withstood logic and scorn to obey your command,
launching out into the dark unknown,
over the roaring waves
with his family and his grand menagerie on board.

At the end of a frightening, stormy, voyage,
a dove brought back a twig,
and Noah returned to the safe harbor of Your love.

Parading back to dry land with
the panoply of marvelous creatures
which You have created as mankind's friends,
he kissed the dry land and thanked you for his safety.

Dear Lord, please teach me to have the trust
and obedience of your humble, faithful, Noah.

Give me the courage to weather storms of all kinds,
trusting in the mercy of your saving grace.

Let me always treat well, as Noah did,
the humble animals who share Your earth with us.

The storms of this world will one day be over.
Please bring me then in peace across the Jordan
to the silver shores of Your heavenly home.

All this I pray to You, Dear Lord of All,

Amen