The Fountains of the Great Deep Were Broken- Then They Waited

The fountains of the great deep were broken
The windows of heaven...thankfully...opened
After forty days and forty nights of deluge
They, then, waited four times longer for refuge

As the waters prevailed upon the earth
On the ark was discomfort...and birth
Like them...oft we wait for waters to recede
While growing ever more and more in need

For even when back on dry ground
As one rebuilds...faith must abound
Unburying and toiling on the land
Filled with compassion...extending a hand

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Waiting for the Water to Recede
By Susan Law Corpany

Genesis 7:24 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.