Abraham's Faith

Well, today at church Pastor Kurt was talking about Faith in God. He used Abraham as an example with promises He made to Abraham and the obstacles that Abraham had to overcome. The one that really stuck out (always has but today I was reminded) was when Abraham was sent to sacrifice Isaac...the son that God said he would use to bless everyone..even us today.

I want to have Abraham's faith. He had such faith in God that he took Isaac to sacrifice him. He even had Isaac on the altar and the knife raised when the angel of the Lord called out to him and told him that because he was willing to sacrifice his son, his only son that he should not do anything. Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by his horns and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead. Can you imagine standing over your only son, the one God said would bless many, and preparing to sacrifice him? That is amazing faith. It really struck me today and made me ask myself, "Do I have that kind of faith in God?" How many of us do? Do I have such a faith in God that I would consider sacrificing my own child? After reading this, I know that I have to find and have Abraham's faith. If you want to read the story just to read again or if you don't know the story you can read Genesis 22.

Just my thoughts from this mornings message. It was an awesome morning. We had numerous baptisms just at our service. I think they said 25 for the weekend. That's awesome!

Oh, Andrew gave his first offering today. He took the money out of his piggy bank. Of course I wanted to be there to see but I had to let him go on his own. I'm having a hard time with this growing up thing. I came back to add on my post because I just read the Motivations for Moms (left hand side of page, pink box) and it talks about teaching your child to tithe. Isn't God amazing? I had Andrew give money from his piggy bank just this morning before I had even read the box. He always reassures us if we just look and listen.

Have a blessed day!