Philosphy of religion question #10

For my philosophy of religion class i was asked to "identify a metaphorical narrative from the Old Testament or any other non-Christian myth which speaks directly to some aspect of your life." btw Though Marcus Borg calls the global flood a metaphorical narrative, i certainly don't.

10. The Genesis account of the global flood would be considered a metaphorical narrative by Borg. This story speaks directly to me in more ways than I can fit in this paper, but I’ll just give the highlights.
God saw that the “wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually”(Gen 6:5) Though their wickedness “grieved Him to His heart” He still showed favor to one man, Noah. This is an awesome example of God’s justice, grace, faithfulness, and patience. God had every right and reason to destroy the humanity which rejected Him and became wicked. That shows His justice. Yet He chose to save humanity through an old farmer with a drinking problem. One of the first notable things Noah does after getting out of the ark is get drunk and pass out naked. God chooses to use people that are imperfect and flawed. That shows His grace. In fact, He was obligated by His word to maintain the lineage of Adam and Eve in order to fulfill His promise to them of a savior through their offspring. (Gen 3:15) That shows His faithfulness. God gave the other inhabitants of earth over 100 years to repent and change their ways. That shows God’s patience. Still, not a single person listened to Noah’s warnings. That shows how depraved human nature is. God is the hero of the story, not Noah, not man.
This speaks directly to every aspect of my life. If God was not just, gracious, faithful, and patient then I would not be up at 1:00am writing a mid-term for a class of which I’ve paid $400 for and am not receiving any credit. If God was not Just then I would see no reason to care about anyone else but myself. If God was not Gracious then I would live in fear of His justice. I would constantly be trying to work my way to heaven and either feel dejected by my failures or self-righteous by my perceived successes. My only comfort comes through the grace that God has shown me through Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross. It was then that Jesus paid the penalty that I justly deserved. If God was not Faithful then I would have no confidence that He has actually forgiven me like He said. In fact, if I believed in a dishonest or “trickster” God then I would not even waste my time caring about philosophy or any type of logical thought. Finally, if God was not Patient, He would have given up on me either when I was chasing girls and so prideful that I cared little about the feelings of others or God, or even daily as I can so easily praise Him and do good things in His name as well as have hateful thoughts and say hurtful things. If I were God, I would have given up on Scot Randolph long ago.
As the story of the global flood shows, God is just, gracious, faithful, and patient. Because of that, and only because of that I do what I do. Therefore, I will joyfully move across the country to make $300 a month and sleep on a futon, so that I may share the literal truth of God’s grace to a culture that does not even care about literal truth. That is how the global flood story speaks directly to my life.