12 Important Lessons from Noah's Ark

One: Don't miss the boat.

Two: Remember that we are all in the same boat.

Three: Always plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark.

Four: Stay physically, mentally, spiritually and emotionally fit.
When you're 600 years old, someone may ask you to do something really big.

Five: Don't listen to your critics. Listen instead to your heart, and then do whatever has to be done. The neighbors might have taunted when Noah was blocking their driveway -- but he had the last laugh as soon as the rain began falling!

Six: Build your future on high ground.

Seven: Don't seek to go it alone. Always travel, at least, in pairs, because two heads are better than one.

Eight: Speed isn't always an advantage. The cheetahs were on board, but so were the snails; and they all arrived safely on dry ground at the very same time.

Nine: When you're stressed, float a while.

Ten: Be flexible in your thinking.
Remember that amateurs built the ark while professionals built the Titanic and the Challenger Space Shuttle.

Eleven: Remain faithful and optimistic.
No matter how bleak things look, if God is with and for you, there's always going to be a rainbow of shalom on the other side of the storm.

Twelve: Remember that Fear is nothing more than "False Evidence Appearing Real". The woodpeckers on the INSIDE are often a bigger threat to your overall well being than the storms raging on the outside.