1. ‘The dove could find no place to rest it’s feet because there was water over all the surface of the ground; so it returned to Noah in the ark. He reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark’.
Genesis 8:9

2. O to grace how great a debtor Daily I’m constrained to be
O to grace how great a debtor Daily I’m constrained to be! Let Thy goodness, like a fetter, Bind my wandering heart to Thee. Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, Prone to leave the God I love; Here’s my heart, O take and seal it, Seal it for Thy courts above.

3. Why ever would she leave?
The Dove
Safe in the ark
Why ever would she leave?
Because Noah put her by the window – Temptation
Because she had wings!
Because of a homing instinct? The ‘old life’ is still attractive!
No rest outside of the ark
Noah received her back