I was reading this right after my divorce finalized, and the word 'grace' hit differently. Noah wasn't perfect - we find out later he drinks too much and acts shamefully. But he found grace. Not because he earned it or deserved it in some measurable way.
The text says he found it 'in the eyes of the Lord' - such a tender image. God was looking at Noah not primarily to judge him, but to see him. To know him. And in that knowing, grace happened.
In those dark months, I clung to this. My marriage had ended badly. I'd made mistakes. But I kept whispering this verse back at God: You've looked at messier people and called them righteous. You saw Noah. Can you see me? That phrase - 'in the eyes of' - became a prayer. It still is.
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