Abraham you're not too old!

Today's reading is a continuing of the Abraham story:

Genesis 16, 17, 18 tell four main stories:

1. The story of Hagar and Ishmael is the story of the other side of Abraham's heritage - the Arab side is also children of Abraham.

2. The story of the covenant of Circumcision that accompanies the re-declaring of God's promise to Abraham to make of him a great nation... and this is when his name is changed from Abram to Abraham.

3. The story of God's visitation to Abraham at age 99, 25 years after he was originally told by God he would have a "seed", a family line, to follow him, where God announces by "this time next year" you'll have a son.

4. The final story of Abraham's plea with God to spare Sodom and Gomorrah, if only 10 people could be found in the city that heeded God.
That story doesn't finish until tomorrow.

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Comments

paul said…

So much to comment here. I love 18:14 "Is anything too hard for the Lord?" Thank you God, for being able to do anything. (Including healing my wife.) I know and believe you can. If it is your will, may it be done.

January 5, 2011 at 7:18 AM

paul said…

I am sorry that was Gen18:14.

January 5, 2011 at 7:19 AM

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