Preamble: God Remembered

The chaos did not move Him.
The silence did not distract Him.
The flood did not wash away His covenant.
God remembered.

 He did not forget, for forgetting belongs to men.
But God remembered Noah—
as a flame remembers the spark,
as the seed remembers the tree. 

He remembered not just Noah’s name,
but the promise that lived beneath the waters.
He remembered the righteousness that floats when all else sinks.
He remembered the altar before it was built.
He remembered mercy before judgment ran its course.
God remembered. 

The Hebrew word is זָכַר — zachar—
not a memory of the mind,
but a motion of the heart.
It means to act, to restore, to gather near.
When God remembers, the wind begins to stir.
When God remembers, the Spirit begins to hover.
When God remembers, creation starts again. 

He sent a ruach—a Spirit-wind—
just as in the beginning,
just as over the deep.
For the waters were not the end—
they were a womb.
And remembrance is the breath that calls forth life.

This is not memory;
this is mercy.

And if He remembered Noah,
He will remember you.
He will not forget the ark of your obedience,
nor the dove of your hope.
He will not forget the offering you carry in secret.
He will not forget the promise He whispered before the storm.

God remembers what you think is lost.
God remembers before you ask.
God remembers before you drown.
And when He does,
the waters recede.
The wind returns.
The rainbow rises.
And the ground of new beginnings appears.