Genesis 9:14. Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked(AD) and told his two brothers outside.
Today, two truths jumped off the page as I read this chapter. First, is the rainbow. How can we not get excited when we see a rainbow! I realized the rainbow was not just so that we would remember the covenant, but for God who said He would remember each time He saw it.
Second, the verse and situation that really caught my attention was Noah’s nakedness when he was drunk, and Ham’s response. When Ham saw his father’s nakedness (sin) he shouted it to the world, so to speak. Come, look, he said to himself and then to his brothers, look at our father’s sin. How disgusting! Immediately, we see Ham’s heart was far from pure. Probably with a measure of self-righteous pride, he announced his father’s sin. Shem and Japheth, on the other hand, responded with compassion and offered grace to their father by covering him. Maybe they were thinking Noah would realize his sinful behavior and seek forgiveness. Noah recognized their behavior as righteous while Ham’s was reprehensible and thus, he cursed Ham and blessed Shem and Japheth.
Wow! How do I treat the sins of others? Do I purposely expose them to make myself look good? Do I shout it out to shame them? Or,do I offer the covering of the blood of Jesus Christ to cover their sinful nakedness. Do I cover them in prayer and offer compassion, since I am a sinner saved by the grace of that covering? Will I be blessed for my compassion or cursed for my critical, self-righteous spirit.
Lord, Jesus, thank You for covering my sins with Your blood, so I can walk in faith and the righteousness of God. Thank You for having compassion on my soul and covering me with Your feathers and hiding me under Your wings of protection and love. Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Help me to extend that compassion and love to others!!
Journey with Joyce 
Such a good test of the heart! May God change and grow me in this way. Thank you!!!
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Every time I read this I say, “Ouch!!”
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http://Great question: How do I treat the sins of others? Hmmmmm
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This is so good, Joyce. It took me right back to the struggle I had with wanting to make sure nurses at the clinic knew that the patient, that the provider they were working with, was the man who shot Paul, and that months was after I had spoken with him, telling Him that God was helping me forgive …….. I remember the morning so well when God convicted me of that so clearly as soon as I had done that. Deep down inside I plainly sensed Him say, “I thought you had forgiven him.” I will never forget that day when He opened my eyes to what I was doing. 😞 Sent from my iPad
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