Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years, and had a son. And he called his name Noah, saying, “This one will comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD has cursed.” (Genesis 5:28-29)
Ah, toil! It is that time of the year when toil can be especially miserable with humid days, legions of annoying and biting little bugs, and the dawn and dusk are a long ways apart to get those days heated right up. Thunderstorms rise up on clouds of humid air to bring much needed rain or to just wipe out the lot with hail or wind. And no matter how much effort we put into it, the cursed earth will never yield up its strength to us until our Lord makes all things new. It's just so much fun out there at this time!
Noah's parents made a bet on the name or they had the gift of prophecy, but they expected some comfort from Noah. We might even pause to wonder: Were Lamech and his wife still alive when Noah entered the Ark? Was their comfort in that not all would be lost of them because Noah and his family were going to make it? Maybe, but we do not get to know that from the scriptures as all the former people were gone when Noah and his little family landed.
In the same way we often try to name a day for comfort or rest by asking for a day off from work. But neither do we know what that coming day will bring. Calamity? Disaster? No day off work as expected? Anything might happen on a given day. However, the Lord is good, and we also receive comfort from unexpected places. Such as, your son becoming a boat builder and sailor. Lamech and his wife probably didn't expect that day to come.
God knows all of the unexpected too!Bucky
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