Genesis 8

In this chapter You flooded the earth.  If everything was flooded for 10 months--sorry, 13 months--how did the plants survive?  Those are some hardy plants.  13 months--that's a long time to stay in an ark with 8 people!  And a bunch of animals, but not sure I'd mind that as much.  After everything, Noah worshipped You.  A lesson, I think.  And then You decided You'd never flood the earth again, or mess with it so much again, until the end of the earth.  That's very good to know, considering global warming and stuff.  It's funny to think--OK, awe-inspiring--that You could change the seasons if You wanted to.  But why not?  You created the whole universe, so the power needed to change the earth's orbit or location is completely possible for You, even though for us the thought of the power needed to do that is so staggering we can't comprehend it.  Speaking of space, something I've always wondered--if there are aliens, are You their God, too?  Or are we really the only planet with life in the universe?  Would they worship You?  What would Your history with them be?  How would Jesus have died for them? (if he did--but I don't see why he wouldn't have).  Would they have their own Garden of Eden-like story?   (Because I somehow don't think You would have done things exactly the same there).  Very interesting to think about.  But anyway--the part where You decide never to curse the earth (sorry, ground) because of humans again ("For the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth"... hm.  Thought-provoking. We'll always find more ways of being evil.  And that I can believe) (what is global warming, then?  (Or just humans in general?  Sometimes they seem to me like quite a curse for the poor earth).  No, wait.  Global warming is a direct result of our actions, and God never protects us from the consequences of our actions.  Whereas the flood was God's punishment, thought of by God, and not a direct consequence of man's sins).  Anyway, when You decide to not curse the ground again, that makes it sound like a split-second decision.  Didn't you already know what You were going to do, because You can see the future?  Or, well, I've always liked the idea of You being able to see the past, present, and future all at the same time because time works differently for You than it does for us, but that's not the point.  But I guess You could still decide to change the future by making a different decision, or maybe it's just a decision because there were other choices You could have made.  Like when You gave us free will--You didn't have to, and You knew how that would turn out, the sacrifice You'd ultimately have to make, but You still did it.  Did the Trinity exist in the Old Testament?  Don't see why it shouldn't've, of course, and it seems weird that they should just spring into being as Jesus was conceived.  But never mentioned (of course).  And doesn't Jesus say something about the Holy Spirit coming into existence soon after he returns to Heaven?  Hm...