Noah and the Flood. Genesis 6-9

   Many Many years ago People  became very very naughty which made Father God  very unhappy, in fact very very unhappy, so Father God told Noah to build a big big  boat, which is called an Ark, and take  the animals and birds and  2 by 2 and some  seven of each of other animals and birds and creatures  into the ark when the Ark is  built.  When the Ark was built  Noah did what Father God asked him to do and took the animals, birds and other creatures, and they and  Noah and his family entered the ark and Father God  shut the door. Shortly after Father God shut the door the ran fell and  the waters rose and the Ark started to float.  It rained for a very long time  and flooded the earth and after another very long time the rain stopped and the waters started to disapear so much so that tops of mountains started to appear , and Noah opened a window in the ark  and sent out a raven which flew around  until the waters had dried up, but never came back to  the ark, and  after some  time Noah opened  a window and sent a dove out to see if the waters had dried up , but the dove  could not find any where to rest, so came  back to the ark. Then seven days  later Noah sent the dove out again, and they flew off and  later came back with an olive branch in their beak, which let  Noah  know how  much the waters  had dispeared and  seven days later sent the dove out again  but the dove never returned. After sometime the ark rested on the side of  a mountain   as the waters had now disapeared and  after a while  Father God opened the door of the ark and Noah and his family and all the animals and birds etc came out of the ark. A little while later Father God set a rainbow in the sky as a promise  not to flood the earth again.  Even today  when one sees the rainbow one is reminded of Father God's promise all those many many years ago.

All Things Bright And Beautiful

All Things Bright and Beautiful 
~Cecil Frances Alexander

All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all.

Each little flower that opens,
Each little bird that sings,
He made their glowing colors,
He made their tiny wings.

The purple-headed mountain,
The river running by,
The sunset, and the morning,
That brightens up the sky;

The cold wind in the winter,
The pleasant summer sun,
The ripe fruits in the garden,
He made them every one.

He gave us eyes to see them,
And lips that we might tell,
How great is God Almighty,
Who has made all things well.

The Lamb

BY  WILLIAM   BLAKE

Little Lamb who made thee

Dost thou know who made thee 

Gave thee life & bid thee feed. 

By the stream & o'er the mead; 

Gave thee clothing of delight, 

Softest clothing wooly bright; 

Gave thee such a tender voice, 

Making all the vales rejoice! 

         Little Lamb who made thee 

         Dost thou know who made thee 

         Little Lamb I'll tell thee, 

         Little Lamb I'll tell thee!

He is called by thy name, 

For he calls himself a Lamb: 

He is meek & he is mild, 

He became a little child: 

I a child & thou a lamb, 

We are called by his name. 

         Little Lamb God bless thee. 

         Little Lamb God bless thee.

Jonah and the Whale

Jonah 1- 3:10

   Jonah was given a message to deliver to the people of Nineveh, but Jonah was'n't to keen too deliver the message.  In fact Jonah went and ran in the opposite direction and went on board a ship. 

   Sometime after the ship had sailed out to sea, a violent storm arose and blew up and the sailors and all those on board were quite scared and frightended due to the ferocity of the storm.  To lighten the ship so it was more able to ride out the strom more easily, the sailors threw a lot of their goods etc overboard ( which in thoses days sailors did in such situations ),  but the storm was still raging and Jonah knew instinctively, that in some way he was responsible due to him being disobedient to Father God and running away from Father God, and from giving the message Father God had for Nineveh, and going in the opposite direction suggested that they threw him overboard, so they did and the storm ceased, and Father God arranged for a big fish possibly a whale to swallow Jonah.  The whale swallowed Jonah, and Jonah was in the tummy of the whale for three days and three nights ( Jesus refers to this story in the Gospels in reference to his death and ressurection as Matthew 12:12:38-45. and as recorded in the Old Testament in the book of Jonah. Jonah 1-3:10.

    After three days the whale spat Jonah out, and Jonah swam or drifted to the nearest shore. and a bit later went to Nineveh to give the message that he Jonah should have  given  in the first place.

   I have reason to believe due to his appearance being in the tummy of the whale for those three days and nights, that the people of Nineveh believed Jonah to such an an extent that they covered themselves and their animals and cattle in sackclosh and ashes as a serious outward sign of repentance after having heard Jonah, as they were very wicked and bad but in Father Gods mercy He wanted them to turn away form their wicked and bad ways, hence sending Jonah, who at first ran in the opposite direction as mentioned, but due to his extraordinary expericence with the whale listened to Jonah, and they repented and covered themselves and even their animals  in sackcloth and ashes as mentioned, which was at the time a sign of of repentance, and in repenting  Father God had mercy  on them and withdrew his anger and was'n't angry with them any more. 

Note :-  There have been recorded instances of people who have been swallowed by whales and lived and whose appearances have been extraordianarly changed due to the experience; and due to Jonah's appearance the people of Ninevah  listened to the message that Father God had for them given by Jonah.

Links to Bible Themed Online Colouring Pages. Jigsaws and Word Puzzles etc.

Here are some links to Bible themed online colouring pages, jig saws, word games ie. word search etc. :-

https://gardenofpraise.com/bibcolor.htm

https://gardenofpraise.com/blink3.htm

 https://gardenofpraise.com/jigsaw.htm

http://www.coloringpages4u.com/bible_coloringpages

http://www.coloringpages4u.com/thanksgiving_coloringpages

http://www.dltk-bible.com/games-jigsaws.htm

http://www.dltk-kids.com/puzzles/theme.asp?tid=39

http://www.hem-of-his-garment-bible-study.org/bible-jigsaw-puzzles.html

https://sundayschoolzone.com/resource-type/puzzles-and-games/jigsaw-puzzles/

https://sunday-school-fun-zone.com/

https://www.kidssundayschool.com/gradeschool/puzzles

//answersingenesis.org/kids/activities/coloring/

Here are some other online and off line biblical themed puzzles  for children :-

https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/bible-word-search-puzzles-for-kids-2808801

 https://biblepuzzles.com/

http://bibleactivitieszone.com

http://bibleactivitieszone.com/online_connectdots.php

There are many biblically themed puzzles both jigsaw and word puzzles etc. sites of whose contents are mostly printable. 

The links of the sites posted above are mostly those one whose  contents can be accomplished on line.

The Links that are not underlined will need to be copy and pasted and will take one to Google pages where there are some more bible activities etc. for children 

Below are some colouring pages that are to be printed :- 

https://ministry-to-children.com/bible-coloring-pages/

https://www.bestcoloringpagesforkids.com/free-printable-christian-coloring-pages-kids.html

This puzzle site is more for toddlers etc

http://www.akidsheart.com/gamesd/jigsawtbible.html 

Here is a link to Jewish childrens printable colouring page in Hebrew and English

http://www.aish.com/sh/f/Coloring_Pages.html