Interestingly, Noah sends out a raven initially, a clever bird that can find food easily and presumably would be a tough contender for an explorer into this post-flood world. This could signify when we 'push' doors trying to make a decision. If the door opens, we treat it as a good sign, if it stays closed, we trust that God closed it.
Afterwards, he then sends a dove out twice. Since the dove is a metaphor for peace in the Bible, it made me think that there are many times where we are troubled by a decision like Noah was, like Noah we don't want to wait around too long to make the decision. However, unless we have the peace that Noah got when the Dove returned with a branch and then didn't return at all, we are probably not in the right position to make the decision.
Don't decide things too soon and don't feel rushed into making decisions that might be right but not right now!
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