Stephen De La Vega

  Floodwaters came in two ways. They rose from the ground, creeping through every crack and crevice as water filled the earth; they also fell just like rain does, but they never let up. They fell from the sky continuously more than anyone might imagine. Floodwaters rose and fell for 40 days. When this phenomenon visited the earth, everybody and everything got wet and eventually fully submerged. Floodwaters didn't recede for 150 days.   Like the Fall threatens every sunflower (pictured above), no one found shelter. Nothing was spared.   This post is Episode 3 of an 8-episode series about boarding and deboarding Noah’s Ark. If you missed it, please read Episode 1: The Story ofOur Lives and Episode 2: A Desperate Situation . Otherwise, sit back and experience Episode 3.   Episode 3: Islands & Lifelines   Episode 2 was about the desperate situation of all humankind. There is nothing we can do to gain God’s approval. “All our righteous acts are like filthy rags” (Isa